klisiā ‘shelter’

The ships of the Achaeans are beached along the shores of a large U-shaped bay that opens into the Hellespont. See Map 1 and Map 2 at HPC 157 and 158 respectively. Such a bay no lo ... Continue reading

... e emanating from the goddess Eris herself, I.11.005–014. In the comment on I.18.587–589, there is more to say about the klisiā ‘shelter’ of Achilles, mentioned here together with the klisiā ... Continue reading

Here as well as earlier at I.08.220–227 and at I.11.005–016, also later at I.14.027–036, the headquarters of the Achaeans are said to be located at the same place where the ship of ... Continue reading

analysis of the naustathmon as the topographical, political and sacral centerpoint of the Achaeans and Agamemnon’s, Diomedes’, Nestor’s and Odysseus’ ships location in this spaceNe ... Continue reading

... isia, in the context of the analysis of the location of the naustathmonAchilles is pictured as standing in front of his klisiā ‘shelter’, to get a better view of the battle scene. In the co ... Continue reading

... e see at I.18.589 three important words referring to places where herdsmen can shelter their herds: stathmos ‘station’; klisiā ‘shelter’; sēkos ‘enclosure’. In what follows, I epitomize fro ... Continue reading