The Tears of Achilles by Hélène Monsacré, Richard P. Martin, Nicholas J. Snead

The Tears of Achilles

Hélène Monsacré, Richard P. Martin, Nicholas J. Snead

198 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction classics literary poetry informative reflective slow-paced
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Achilles--warrior and hero--by the protocols of Western culture, should never cry. And yet Homeric epic is full of his tears and those of his companions at Troy. This path-blazing study by Helene Monsacre shows how later ideals of stoically inexpr...

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