an evolutionary model for the making of Homeric poetry

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Iliad 12.335–336

... ptic use of the dual. The use of the dual form Aiante in the contexts of Iliad 12 can be cited as evidence for building an evolutionary model for the making of Homeric poetry.The two warriors who are jointly named by way of the ... Continue reading

Iliad 13.066

The reference here to the lesser Ajax shows that the dual Aiante at I.13.046–047 refers in this case to the greater and the lesser Ajax together, not to the greater Ajax and to his ... Continue reading