Tecniche rapsodiche a servizio dei sentimenti di Achille: i casi di Iliade I 225-244 e XXIV 486-506 [Rhapsodic techniques at the service of Achilles' feelings: the cases of Iliad 1.225-244 and 24.486-506]

Abstract

This paper examines Iliad I 225-244 and XXIV 486-506, two passages at the beginning and at the end respectively of Achilles’ narrative arc. This work aims at showing the way in which traditional epic techniques (enjambement, similitude, interrelation with respect to the caesurae) contribute to outline in one case Achilles’ wrath, in the other one his empathy.

Keywords

• performance
• epic diction
• enjambement
• pragmatic analysis
• ilias
• homer
• ancient greek language
• greek literature
• poetry