skēptron 'scepter'

Speakers who hold a skēptron ‘scepter’, speak with a kingly authority emanating from the over-king of the gods, Zeus. Speakers who hold a skēptron ‘scepter’, speak with a kingly au ... Continue reading

... Continue reading

Achilles swears by the skēptron ‘scepter’ that he holds and then throws down to the ground. This oath of Achilles is correlated with the plot or narrative arc of the Iliad, starti ... Continue reading

The skēptron ‘scepter’ by which Achilles swears his Oath is here viewed as a thing of nature transformed into a thing of culture, by contrast with the scepter that is pictured in t ... Continue reading

In the words of the mortal hero 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 experien ... Continue reading

In the words of the immortal goddess Thetis, speaking to the all-powerful god Zeus on behalf of her mortal son Achilles, the status of this hero as ‘best of the Achaeans’ is linked ... Continue reading

The Will of Zeus, which is made coextensive with the plot or narrative arc of the Iliad, is formalized by the all-powerful god when he nods his head, as he does here at I.01.524–53 ... Continue reading

The skēptron ‘scepter’ that is held by Agamemnon is described as golden, and gold is the symbol for the artificial continuum of immortality as expressed by the epithet aphthito- in ... Continue reading

This expression needs to be added to the cumulative evidence showing that a person who holds a skēptron ‘scepter’ speaks with the authority of a king—an authority emanating from Ze ... Continue reading

... Continue reading

... Continue reading

discussion of gold as symbol of culture, here with regards to the golden scepter ... Continue reading

analysis of Agamemnon’s skēptron and gold as symbol for the artificial continuum of immortality (aphthito-) and the relevance of this for Achilles’ oath ... Continue reading

analysis of the skēptron as a sign of a king’s authority (in this passage) and its use not to indicate it (elsewhere), and comparison of litigation scene on Achilles’ Shield, Hesio ... Continue reading

The context here shows that a speaker in an assembly holds the skēptron ‘scepter’ when it is his turn to speak. See I.01.015 and the cross-references there. The context here shows ... Continue reading

The gesture here of throwing the scepter to the ground is comparable with what happens at I.01.233–246. See the comment there.The gesture here of throwing the scepter to the ground ... Continue reading

This detail about a skēptron ‘scepter’ held by Teiresias is relevant not so much to him but to Odysseus, who is seeking to recover his kingship in Ithaca by way of a homecoming tha ... Continue reading