Rhesus
Myth And Iconography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20082383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vayos Liapis (0000-0002-0978-3473, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 273-291 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The play of texts and fragments (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004174733.i-580.39 |
| OpenAlex | W774308150 |
| ISBN | 9789004174733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Trojan cycle includes a small number of exceptionally valiant warriors, notably Penthesileia, Memnon, and Eurypylus, who exemplify a distinct narrative pattern: they join the war at a late stage, they perform ἀριστeῖα, and they invariably die in action. Rhesus complies with pattern qua late comer and, reputedly, a formidable warrior; but he is otherwise a special case in that he gets killed in his sleep without ever having an opportunity to show his prowess on battlefield. Late sources afford us glimpses into alternative versions of the myth, in which Rhesus seems to have fully conformed to the pattern in that he managed to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy before meeting his death. Before proceeding to an examination of myth's variants, this chapter overviews both the Doloneia and Rhesus , with a view to bringing out similarities and differences both between them and with respect to mythical pattern identified above. Keywords: ἀριστeῖα; Doloneia ; Eurypylus; Iconography; Memnon; mythical pattern; Penthesileia; Rhesus ; Trojan cycle; warrior
Art · Art history · Iconography · Literature · Mythology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |