Women as Victims of War in Homer’s Oral Poetics

The article presents the problem of the empathy felt by the author or authors of the <i>Iliad</i> and <i>Odyssey</i> towards women depicted as victims of war. Understanding of the world in the Homeric poems may be misinterpreted today. Since Homer’s works are a prod...

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Main Author:	Karol Zieliński
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:	Humanities
Subjects:	oral tradition Homer captive-women Briseis Andromache funeral songs
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/3/141

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spelling	doaj-3724356cf2154617b0c44122b3e4a3fa2020-11-25T01:39:58ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872019-08-018314110.3390/h8030141h8030141Women as Victims of War in Homer’s Oral PoeticsKarol Zieliński0Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, University of Wrocław, 50-451 Wrocław, PolandThe article presents the problem of the empathy felt by the author or authors of the <i>Iliad</i> and <i>Odyssey</i> towards women depicted as victims of war. Understanding of the world in the Homeric poems may be misinterpreted today. Since Homer’s works are a product of oral culture, in order to determine his intentions, it is necessary to look at them from the perspective of the tradition from which they derive. Furthermore, the author of an oral work can be deemed as creative because s/he shapes his/her story through interaction with the listening audience. The different aspects of the relationship of women as victims of war with their oppressors are, therefore, interpreted according to the use of traditional techniques adopted to evoke specific emotions in the audience.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/3/141oral traditionHomercaptive-womenBriseisAndromachefuneral songs
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description	The article presents the problem of the empathy felt by the author or authors of the <i>Iliad</i> and <i>Odyssey</i> towards women depicted as victims of war. Understanding of the world in the Homeric poems may be misinterpreted today. Since Homer’s works are a product of oral culture, in order to determine his intentions, it is necessary to look at them from the perspective of the tradition from which they derive. Furthermore, the author of an oral work can be deemed as creative because s/he shapes his/her story through interaction with the listening audience. The different aspects of the relationship of women as victims of war with their oppressors are, therefore, interpreted according to the use of traditional techniques adopted to evoke specific emotions in the audience.
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Women as Victims of War in Homer’s Oral Poetics

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