The Iliad: The Male Totem

Description:

The author presents a radically novel analysis of the Iliad based on new concepts taken from the natural sciences, especially neuroscience. His "succedaneum theory" attempts to provide a framework within which several issues (behavioral as well as aesthetic) can be dealt with more parsimoniously.

subjects: Homer,  The Iliad,  Poetry,  Translations,  History and criticism,  Transmission of texts,  History

People: Homer,  Achilles,  Patroclus,  Hector

Places: Troy