The Tears of Achilles by Hélène Monsacré

The Tears of Achilles

Hélène Monsacré with Nicholas J. Snead (Translator)

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 H l ne Monsacr shows how later ideals of stoically inexpre...

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