Popular Accountability in the Iliad and the Odyssey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10437509 |
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| Authors | Robert Sutherland (corresponding author), Robert W Sutherland |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-512 |
| Publication date | 1979-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500029168 |
| OpenAlex | W2116067503 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The epics present actions of men rather than theories of politics. Epic political accountability thus will not be found as a political idea but in an action which the people take or might take that brings them into a tense and potentially disastrous confrontation with their leaders. One such confrontation demonstrating popular accountability in the Odyssey will be analyzed, and a major speech in the Iliad will be examined to determine the importance of popular accountability in epic polity
Accountability · Action (physics · Art · EPIC · Literature · Political science · Politics · Polity · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods
| Highly cited | No |
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