THE WIDE BOSOM OF THE SEA AS A PLACE OF DEATH—MATERNAL AND SACRIFICIAL IMAGERY IN ILIAD 21

This essay explores a metaphor used by Achilles while cursing over the body of young Lykaon, just after the two have compared the grievous plights of their mothers, and after Achilles essentially has sacrificed Lykaon in response to the boy's anticipation that Achilles will cut his throat in hu...

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Main Author: Kitts, Margo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2000
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2000, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 103-124
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