Author:
Ridd, Stephen, author.
ImprintNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
Descriptionix, 258 pages ; 23 cm.
Note:1. Singing with the aid of the muse(s) : Three openings and a reopening -- Lists of fighting forces -- Battles and burning ships. 2. Singing and celebration : Singing and celebrating the deeds of the gods -- Singing and celebrating the deeds of men -- Singing and dancing, courtship and marriage. 3. Supernatural singing : Siren voices -- Singing and dancing in Elysium -- Singing and seeing into the future. 4. Sons and mothers : Sharing the pain -- A mother from another world -- Problems with mother. 5. Helen and the men in her life : Helen of Troy -- Helen and the Fall of Troy remembered -- Helen of Sparta again. 6. Parting : Returning to battle -- Abandoning home to the enemy -- Separating. 7. Communicating with the dead : Ghost stories -- Messages from the dead, messages to the dead -- Achilleus and the dead Patroklos. 8. Deaths and endings : The burial of Hektor, tamer of horses -- The killing of Turnus -- Still to come.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
