‘equal to Ares’

Diomedes is daimoni īsos ‘equal to a superhuman force [daimōn]’ when this hero dares to attack the god Apollo. Ultimately, he backs off. The use of this expression daimoni īsos ‘eq ... Continue reading

These verses show the fatally serious difficulties encountered in differentiating between mortals and immortals, in the context of similes comparing mortals to immortals by way of ... Continue reading

analysis of the ritual antagonism between a god and a hero, here in the case of DiomedesRetrospectively, Apollo in his own words is saying that Diomedes was daimoni īsos ‘equal to ... Continue reading

... t I.05.438, I.05.440–442, I.05.459. Besides Hector, as here at I.08.215 another hero who will be pointedly described as ‘equal to Ares’ is Patroklos. Besides sharing such an epithet, Hecto ... Continue reading

The description of Hector as īsos Arēi ‘equal to Ares’ here at I.11.295 is parallel to his being described as atalantos Arēi ‘equal to Ares’ at I.08.215. For Hector and in fact for any heroic warri ... Continue reading

... s)Achilles calls out to Patroklos, who now comes out of the shelter. At this moment Patroklos is described as īsos Arēi ‘equal to Ares’, and the very application of this epithet here to Pa ... Continue reading

... troklos (I.11.604), and Achilles (I.20.046) this hero Leonteus is the only other Iliadic figure who is called īsos Arēi ‘equal to Ares’ (BA 33). Relevant to the fact that Leonteus qualifie ... Continue reading

analysis of designating heroes as equal to Ares, here specifically Hektor (and Patroklos) when wearing Achilles’ armor (and being a therapōn of Ares)Hector here is said to be īsos ... Continue reading

... e he is about to die by way of Apollo’s direct intervention. At this point, I.16.784, he is described as atalantos Arēï ‘equal to Ares’. But this hero’s death is more complex, as we will s ... Continue reading