Thersites directs his blame at the Achaeans, ridiculing them by feminizing them. The noun elenkhos ‘disgrace’ is meant to shame the persons insulted by the poetics of blame. Thersites directs his blame at the Achaeans, ridiculing them by feminizing th ...
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... te in battle, described as elenkhees, plural of the adjective elenkhēs ‘disgraceful’, which is a derivative of the noun elenkhos ‘disgrace’, on which see also I.02.235. The objects of blame he ...
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Iliad 2.235
Gregory NagyThersites directs his blame at the Achaeans, ridiculing them by feminizing them. The noun elenkhos ‘disgrace’ is meant to shame the persons insulted by the poetics of blame. Thersites directs his blame at the Achaeans, ridiculing them by feminizing th ... Continue reading
Iliad 2.242
Gregory Nagy... te in battle, described as elenkhees, plural of the adjective elenkhēs ‘disgraceful’, which is a derivative of the noun elenkhos ‘disgrace’, on which see also I.02.235. The objects of blame he ... Continue reading