Belted Heroes and Bound Women
The Myth of the Homeric Warrior King
This clearly written, beautifully illustrated book introduces a previously unrecognized Homeric theme, the 'belted hero, ' and argues for its lasting historical, literary, and archaeological significance. The belted hero fuses king, warrior, charioteer, and athlete into a supreme image of political power. The special 'heroic warrior's belts' (zosteres) worn by Agamemnon, Menelaos, and Nestor served as unimpeachable visual emblems of their exalted positions of rank. The feminine counterpart, or zone, presents the woman as superior in the competitive arena of love. Bennett shows that the belted hero represented an ideology attractive to wealthy…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8226-3061-6
- EAN: 9780822630616
- Produktnummer: 3952598
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.4 cm 382 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 382
Über den Autor
Michael J. Bennett is Senior Curator of Classical Art at the Tampa Museum of Art and Associate Professor of Art History at Eckerd College.
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