Author:
Monsacré, Hélène, author.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, 2017.
Descriptionxxv, 167 pages ; 23 cm
Note:The borders of heroism -- Proper relations to Aphrodite: a criterion in the definition of heroic conduct -- Physical evidence of the hero -- Erotic images of war -- The feminine and the warrior -- Femininity in the epic -- Women in the epic -- The specificity of women -- Virile women or heroines? -- Sobs of men, tears of women -- Crying in the heroic space of the Iliad -- Tears in a different world: the Odyssey -- The tears of women -- The language of tears -- The weeping body of Achilles.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
