antagonism between immortal and mortal

... tagonism between a god and a hero, here in the case of DiomedesApollo is engaged here with Diomedes in a deadly form of antagonism between immortal and mortal. Apollo is engaged here with Diomedes in a deadly f ... Continue reading

... rhuman force [daimōn]’ here at I.05.438, and also again at I.05.459, goes to the core of the central idea of ritualized antagonism between immortal and mortal. Diomedes is daimoni īsos ‘equal to a superhuman fo ... Continue reading

... ne ways of thinking, as expressed at I.05.441. These ideas are part of the larger idea, centering on a basic pattern of antagonism between immortal and mortal. These verses show the fatally serious difficulties ... Continue reading

... ls when their identities merge in contexts of ritual. Such a special positive sense applies in situations of ritualized antagonism between immortal and mortal. In such situations, the mortal becomes one with the ... Continue reading

... daimoni īsos ‘equal to a daimōn’ here at I.05.459, and also before at I.05.438, goes to the core of the central idea of antagonism between immortal and mortal. Most relevant are the intervening verses at I.05.44 ... Continue reading

... lude Hector into staying on the offensive until it is too late for him to revert to a defensive role. Such a pattern of antagonism between immortal and mortal, it can be argued, derives from the ideologies of he ... Continue reading

this passage as the place where the mutual function of Athena and Apollo as the ritual antagonists of Hektor and Achilles, respectively, becomes overtThe divinities Athena and Apol ... Continue reading

analysis of how Hektor mirrors Athena (his ritual antagonist), here, with regard to mētisIn these verses, Agamemnon worries about the partiality shown by Zeus to Hector. According ... Continue reading

analysis of how Hektor mirrors Athena (his ritual antagonist), here, with regard to mētisThe description of Hector here as comparable to the god Zeus himself with regard to mētis ‘ ... Continue reading

... e divine. On the syntax of the wording here, see the comment on I.18.464–466. Hector’s aspiration typifies a pattern of antagonism between immortal and mortal, divinity and hero: see the comments at I.08.538–541 ... Continue reading

analysis of the diction associated with Patroklos’ confronting Apollo four times (daimoni isos, mēnin aleuamenos) and the climax of ritual antagonism between the god and the heroPa ... Continue reading

analysis of Achilles’ armor as immortal, and making its wearers (here, Patroklos) immune from deathPatroklos confronts Apollo four times and then, the fourth time around, he fails ... Continue reading

analysis of the Council of the Trojans as motivating Hektor’s death (and overlap between Athena and Hektor as paragons of mētis and guardians of the city)At this assembly, Polydama ... Continue reading

... d never have won the kleos or poetic ‘glory’ that was his to keep forever. We see here the positive side of myths about antagonism between immortal and mortal, divinity and hero. The epic narrative about Hērakl ... Continue reading

In this speech, Hector finally understands that he has been delusional all along in thinking that he could possibly defeat Achilles. Athena has actively contributed to the hero’s t ... Continue reading

Here at I.22.506–507, the meaning of the name of Hector is made explicit. As noted in the comment on I.06.402–403, the first of two names given to the son of Hector, Astyanax [Astu ... Continue reading

The mēnis ‘anger’ of the goddess Athena, O.03.135, is provoked by a failure, on the part of some of the Argives=Achaeans, to be dikaioi ‘righteous’ and noēmones ‘mindful [= having ... Continue reading

The goddess here formally declares to Odysseus her support for the hero, which leads ultimately to his success in his final confrontation with the suitors. But there is an undercur ... Continue reading