akhos ‘grief’

... rm of *Akhi-lāu̯os in the sense of ‘he who has the grief [akhos] of the people [lāu̯os]’. In comments to come, the word akhos ‘grief’, will be traced as a marker for a most pervasive the ... Continue reading

... d Apollo already felt mēnis, and it was the god’s anger that ultimately led to the hero’s anger. Relevant are the words akhos ‘grief’ and algea ‘pains’, which are used in equivalent cont ... Continue reading

The words akhos ‘grief’ and algea ‘pains’ are used in equivalent contexts. The words akhos ‘grief’ and algea ‘pains’ are used in equivalent contexts. The words akho ... Continue reading

Insulted by Agamemnon, Achilles experiences instantaneous akhos ‘grief’, I.01.188, which will then undergo a metastasis into mēnis ‘anger’. As we will see in what follows, that anger will then cause akhos ‘grief’ f ... Continue reading

The word penthos is used here to indicate the ‘grief’ of Achilles. Both words akhos ‘grief’ and penthos ‘grief’ refer to the emotion felt by Achilles over the damage done to his tīmē by Agamemnon when the over-king insults him. In gen ... Continue reading

... o Achilles, speaking to his immortal mother Thetis, the status of the hero as ‘best of the Achaeans’ is linked with the akhos ‘grief’ that he experiences over the damage to his tīmē—dama ... Continue reading

... ful god Zeus on behalf of her mortal son Achilles, the status of this hero as ‘best of the Achaeans’ is linked with the akhos ‘grief’ that he experiences over the damage to his tīmē ‘hon ... Continue reading

Once the Achaeans collectively have akhos ‘grief’, ordained by the Will of Zeus, the Trojans will correspondingly have kratos ‘winning-power’, likewise ordained by the god. This correspondence ... Continue reading

... n the plot or narrative arc of the Iliad: the damaging of the tīmē ‘honor’ of Achilles by the Achaeans will lead to the akhos ‘grief’ that they will experience at the Battle for the Ship ... Continue reading

... or the Achaeans becomes a kleos ‘glory’ for the Trojans. We see here a clear example of penthos ‘grief’ as a synonym of akhos ‘grief’ in Homeric diction. In the present context, the unde ... Continue reading

analysis of akhos and penthosAs the Achaeans are being routed by the Trojans, I.09.1–2, they are afflicted with penthos ‘grief’. Whenever the Achaeans are losing and the Trojans ar ... Continue reading

... tive ‘heart’, as expressed by thūmos. But then, at I.09.009, the penthos ‘grief’ of I.09.003 is now reconfigured as the akhos ‘grief’ felt by the leader of the Achaeans, Agamemnon, in hi ... Continue reading

... , contrasted with Demeter whose mēnis and akhos cease at the same timeAs Odysseus warns, I.09.249, Achilles will suffer akhos ‘grief’ in some unforeseeable way if he does not help the Ac ... Continue reading

... is already expressing the same idea. And, by taking kratos ‘winning-power’ away from the Achaeans, Zeus is giving them akhos ‘grief’ instead, on which see the comment on I.01.509. In t ... Continue reading

the Achaeans being overwhelmed (by akhos) by Trojans who have kratos as conveyed in terms of akhos and biē, in the context of analyzing *akhai-ui- as “whose is has akhos”See the co ... Continue reading

This line shows that the grief of the Achaeans during the Battle of the Ships qualifies as ákhos, which signals le transfer du mal, or 'a transfer of evil':the ákhos of Achilles le ... Continue reading

Here, akhos functions as a formulaic variant of penthos, specifically the grief of Achilles over his loss of timē 'honor'. See the comments on I.01.188, I.01.407–412, I.01.503–510, ... Continue reading

... 07–412, I.01.503–510, I.01.509, I.01.558–559, I.09.003, I.09.008–009, I.11.317–319, and I.16.022. Here at I.16.055, the akhos ‘grief’ that Achilles feels because he was dishonored by Aga ... Continue reading

... at the fighting to recover his body, despoiled of the armor of Achilles, is still underway. Immediately, Achilles feels akhos ‘grief’, I.18.22. But the mourning and lamentation that is c ... Continue reading

formalization of the akhos Patroklos gets from Achilles in the Funeral GamesThe word akhos ‘grief’ here at I.23.047, indicative of lament, is embedded in the actual words of lamentation performed by Achilles at I.23.043–053. The grief that A ... Continue reading