The Staying Power of Thetis: Allusion, Interaction, and Reception from Homer to the 21st Century - Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes - Maciej Paprocki - Books - De Gruyter - 9783110678352 - April 27, 2023
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Maciej Paprocki
The Staying Power of Thetis: Allusion, Interaction, and Reception from Homer to the 21st Century - Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

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In 1991, Laura Slatkin published The Power of Thetis: Allusion and Interpretation in the Iliad, in which she argued that Homer knowingly situated the storyworld of the Iliad against the backdrop of an older world of mythos by which the events in the Iliad are explained and given traction. Slatkin's focus was on Achilles' mother, Thetis: an ostensibly marginal and powerless goddess, Thetis nevertheless drives the plot of the Iliad, being allusively credited with the power to uphold or challenge the rule of Zeus. Now, almost thirty years after Slatkin's publication, this timely volume re-examines depictions and receptions of this ambiguous goddess, in works ranging from archaic Greek poetry to twenty-first century cinema. Twenty-four authors build upon Slatkin's readings to explore Thetis and multiple roles she played in Western literature, art, material culture, religion, and myth. Ever the shapeshifter, Thetis has been and continues to be reconceptualised: supporter or opponent of Zeus' regime, model bride or unwilling victim of Peleus' rape, good mother or child-murderess, figure of comedy or monstrous witch. Hers is an enduring power of transformation, resonating within art and literature.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 27, 2023
ISBN13 9783110678352
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 536
Dimensions 165 × 241 × 39 mm   ·   976 g
Language English  
Editor Paprocki, Maciej
Editor Vos, Gary Patrick
Editor Wright, David John

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