10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACHILLEAN»
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The
Achillean Hero in the Plays of Tirso de Molina
The Achillean Hero in the Plays of Tirso de Molina traces the development of the figure of the Achillean hero in three of Tirso's plays, El Aquiles, La vida y muerte de Herodes, and La venganza de Tamar, and in doing so connects the early ...
Nina Maria Shecktor, 2009
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Aristotle's Teaching in the "Politics"
Does not Aristotle's quoting of these Achillean outbursts alert us more subtly to a
dangerous potential reaction of the virtuous few to their exclusion, in an oligarchy
or a democracy, from what they view as their deserved, untrammeled rule—as ...
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Translations of Power: Narcissism and the Unconscious in ...
Moreover, the topos of Achillean remorse comes into play when, upon removing
his unknown victim's helmet, Tancredi "rec- ognizes" his beloved ("ahi
conoscenza!" ["alas the recognition!"]) — as if, in the recesses of his unconscious,
he had ...
Elizabeth Jane Bellamy, 1992
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Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
Let all our poets form themselves into an association, to be called the Achillean,
and distribute among themselves the subjects of song that bestrewed Greece,
and the Isles of Greece, before the Trojan war. To prevent all wrangling, let us
who ...
The word “Achillean” is used in modern English and originates from the great
Greek warrior Achilles. Have an individual or group of students use dictionaries
to determine the meaning of “Achillean.” Then have them present the meaning to
the ...
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Discrepancies in Olympiad Dating and Chronological Problems ...
and discovered one tradition that would seem to connect it with the Pherae of
Diocles and Orsilochus: it was founded by Pharis whose daughter (Telegone)
bore Alpheius a son named Ortilochus.31 ' Another Achillean city, Cardamyle, ...
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Allusion, Authority, and Truth: Critical Perspectives on ...
Why, for instance, is Odysseus' killing of a suitor offering gifts distinctly Achillean,
we might wonder, when Achilles himself initially chokes back his anger at the
loss of his ἄλοχον θυμαρέα and, in exchange for the promise of gifts, refrains
from ...
Phillip Mitsis, Christos Tsagalis, 2010
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Gudea's Temple Building: The Representation of an Early ...
1 0 as alter Achilles*6 is not here advanced as a moral justification, but when his
actions upon an Achillean model seem to modern stomachs violent or even
repugnant, their Homeric antecedents do nevertheless confer upon them a
peculiar ...
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A Companion to Sophocles
1402), returns to “the Achillean standard” from which he had departed (Knox
1964: 123; King 1987: 77). This is how Philoctetes himself understands
Neoptolemus' actions (ll. 1310–13): You have shown, my child, the nature from
which you ...
The tension is used by Homer with artistic circumspection for the two purposes of,
first, isolating the precise nature of the Achillean wrath and, second, contrasting
the wrath with the attitude of the other heroes to substantially the same fate.
Eric Voegelin, Athanasios Moulakis, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACHILLEAN»
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Achillean is used in the context of the following news items.
Review: American Sniper (2015)
... and continues to build his “Achillean” altruism at various moments describing how he transitioned from civilian to soldier. Hawks will love how ... «Cosmic Book News - Comics, Jan 15»
Phil Hughes: A unique talent, a freak accident
... at former teammate Sean Abbott and by freakish and incalculable chance was struck in a fleetingly exposed spot. It was an Achillean tragedy. «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
RACHEL JOHNSON: At last! Theresa gives a speech - and no one …
Footballer Yaya Toure has thrown an Achillean strop over his club's failure to give him a Bugatti, or make a fuss, on his. My sympathies. «Daily Mail, May 14»
'Badland' Review - A Stylish, Physics-based Adventure
Multiplayer videogames tend to bring out the worst in me. I have a temper. I have cursed at and been cursed at, and I've flown into Achillean ... «Touch Arcade, Apr 13»
Who knows where it will take you
Ryan Gosling (also the lead in "Blue Valentine") plays Luke, a peroxide-haired Achillean motorcycle stunt driver with a tattooed torso and a ... «The Economist, Apr 13»
Amir Khan aims for world title after beating Carlos Molina - Jeff Powell
... be beaten and the pot-shots he fired in retaliation had to be weathered as evidence that the chin in a question is not fatally Achillean after all. «Daily Mail, Dec 12»
Lenovo: How & why world's No. 2 computer maker is building a …
But before that, there is an Achillean heel to overcome. Slice the Indian shipment data and it is clear that Lenovo's brand perception among ... «Economic Times, Jan 12»
Thoughts On The Playoffs
... the not-so-enviable task of keeping Brian Cushing from ending all of existence as we know by focusing his Achillean-rage on Andy Dalton. «Battle Red Blog, Jan 12»
Microchip Implant Brings a Lost Kitten Home After Five Years and …
Willow is (must be) some kind of Achillean battle kitty. Her estranged owner explained that the family gave up hope after a while because of the ... «Gizmodo, Sep 11»
The Effect of Troy's Rebirth on Aeneas's Transformation in the Aeneid
Aeneas, over the course of the epic, through the trials and tribulations that he faces, eventually becomes more Achillean in character. The conflict that arises ... «Student Pulse, Feb 11»
