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Menelaus in the Archaic Period - Not Quite the Best of the Achaeans (Hardcover)
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Menelaus in the Archaic Period - Not Quite the Best of the Achaeans (Hardcover)
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While there have been many studies devoted to the major heroes and
heroines of Homeric epic, among them Achilles, Odysseus, and Helen,
the figure of Menelaus has remained notably overlooked in this
strand of scholarship. Menelaus in the Archaic Period is the first
book-length study of the Homeric character, taking a
multidisciplinary approach to his depiction in archaic Greek
poetry, art, and cult through detailed analysis of ancient
literary, visual, and material evidence. The volume is divided into
two parts, the first of which examines the portrayal of Menelaus in
the Homeric poems as a unique 'personality' with an integral role
to play in each narrative, as depicted through typical patterns of
speech and action and through intertextual allusion. The second
part explores his representation both in other poetry of the
archaic period - including lyric poetry and Simonides' 'Plataea
elegy ' - and also archaic art and local Sparta cult, drawing on
the literary, archaeological, and inscriptional evidence for the
cult of Menelaus with Helen at Therapne. The depiction of Menelaus
in archaic art is a particular focal point: Chapter 4 provides a
methodology for the interpretation of heroic narrative on archaic
Greek vases through iconography and inscriptions and establishes
his conventional visual 'identity' on black figure Athenian vases,
while an annotated catalogue of images details those that fall
outside the 'norm'. Menelaus emerges from this comprehensive study
as a unique and likeable character whose relationship with Helen
was a popular theme in both epic poetry and vase painting, but one
whose portrayal evinced a significant narrative range, with an
array of continuities and differences in how he was represented by
the Greeks, not only within the archaic period but also in
comparison to classical Athens.
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