pontos 'crossing [of the sea]'

The hero Achilles is linked with the word pontos in the sense of a ‘crossing’ of the sea—a ‘crossing’ that is dangerous but sacralizing. The hero Achilles is linked with the word p ... Continue reading

The monstrous figures of Briareos and Aigaion, synthetized as one person in this context, conjure up the theme of the-Achilles-who-would-have-been if his father had been the god Ze ... Continue reading

comment on the name Phrixos as illuminated by phrix in these versesThe noun phríx ‘shuddering’, which conveys the subjectivized feeling of an observer who shudders when he looks at ... Continue reading

The penthos ‘grief’ felt by the losing Achaeans is now compared, by way of a simile, to a seastorm brought by the North Wind and the West Wind personified respectively as Boreas an ... Continue reading

As Achilles lifts the mighty Shield, there is a selas ‘flash of light’ that streams from its bright surface, I.19.374, which is compared to the radiant light that streams from the ... Continue reading