“Achilles: dismeasure figuration”
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Data de Publicação: | 2023 |
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Resumo: | In the complex framework of the heroic figures of Greco-Latin mythology, Achilles appears as one of the most relevant references in antiquity. This exceptional popularity, which allowed the character to survive the erosion of oblivion and to exert on the imaginary incomparable influence, is due to the fact that Homer chose him as the protagonist of the Iliad, and guided the peculiar angle of view of the Trojan War, which antiquity considered the greatest historical event of Humanity, by the passionate intensity of his anger. Although the narrative of the Odyssey already centres on the figure of Ulysses, the double evocation of the warrior of sudden rage, of superlative feats, and of the obsession with honour, already dead in Hades, in Od. XI and Od. XXIV, contributes to underlining in the poetic message a much more positive and optimistic moralising tone, which transcends the tragic determinism of the Iliad.We know that the hero’s appeal already exercised itself on the Greek imagination before the regular and universal knowledge of Homeric poetry had referenced him as a heroic paradigm, because the set of the so-called Cyclic Poetry - particularly the Cypria, with the details of the background of the Trojan War, and the Aethiopis, with the list of the facts that followed Hector’s funeral - offers many of the traditional details about Achilles to which Homer alluded only discreetly. Taking the Homeric Poems as a starting point, we propose to approach the narratives of the poetic reworking of the Trojan Cyclic Poems, widely documented still in the ceramic paintings of the Classical period. This comparative perspective will allow us, in synthesis, to propose different models of symbolic approach to the heroic figure of Achilles. |
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“Achilles: dismeasure figuration”“Aquiles: figuração da desmesura”In the complex framework of the heroic figures of Greco-Latin mythology, Achilles appears as one of the most relevant references in antiquity. This exceptional popularity, which allowed the character to survive the erosion of oblivion and to exert on the imaginary incomparable influence, is due to the fact that Homer chose him as the protagonist of the Iliad, and guided the peculiar angle of view of the Trojan War, which antiquity considered the greatest historical event of Humanity, by the passionate intensity of his anger. Although the narrative of the Odyssey already centres on the figure of Ulysses, the double evocation of the warrior of sudden rage, of superlative feats, and of the obsession with honour, already dead in Hades, in Od. XI and Od. XXIV, contributes to underlining in the poetic message a much more positive and optimistic moralising tone, which transcends the tragic determinism of the Iliad.We know that the hero’s appeal already exercised itself on the Greek imagination before the regular and universal knowledge of Homeric poetry had referenced him as a heroic paradigm, because the set of the so-called Cyclic Poetry - particularly the Cypria, with the details of the background of the Trojan War, and the Aethiopis, with the list of the facts that followed Hector’s funeral - offers many of the traditional details about Achilles to which Homer alluded only discreetly. Taking the Homeric Poems as a starting point, we propose to approach the narratives of the poetic reworking of the Trojan Cyclic Poems, widely documented still in the ceramic paintings of the Classical period. This comparative perspective will allow us, in synthesis, to propose different models of symbolic approach to the heroic figure of Achilles.No enquadramento complexo das figuras heróicas da mitologia greco-latina, Aquiles surge como uma das referências mais relevantes da Antiguidade. Essa excepcional popularidade, que permitiu à personagem sobreviver à erosão do esquecimento e exercer incomparável influência sobre o imaginário, deve-se ao facto de Homero o ter escolhido como protagonista da Ilíada, e ter orientado pela intensidade passional da sua ira o ângulo peculiar de perspectivação da Guerra de Tróia, que a Antiguidade considerava o maior evento histórico da Humanidade. Embora a narrativa da Odisseia se centre já na figura de Ulisses, a dupla evocação do guerreiro da ira súbita, das proezas superlativas, e da obsessão com a honorabilidade, já morto, no Hades, em Od. XI e Od. XXIV, concorre para sublinhar na mensagem poética uma tónica moralizadora muito mais positiva e optimista, que transcende o trágico determinismo da Ilíada.Sabemos que o apelo do herói já se exercia sobre o imaginário grego antes do conhecimento regular e universal da poesia homérica o ter referenciado como paradigma heróico, porque o conjunto da chamada Poesia Cíclica- peculiarmente os Cypria, com o detalhar dos antecedentes da guerra de Tróia, e a Aethiopis, com o elenco dos factos que se seguiam aos funerais de Heitor - oferece muitos dos detalhes tradicionais acerca de Aquiles a que Homero apenas discretamente aludiu. Tomando como ponto de partida os Poemas Homéricos, propomo-nos pois abordar as narrativas da reelaboração poética dos Poemas Cíclicos Troianos, amplamente documentadas ainda nas pinturas cerâmicas do período clássico. Essa perpectiva comparativa nos permitirá, em síntese, propor diferentes modelos de abordagem simbólica à figura heróica de Aquiles.UA Editora - Universidade de Aveiro2023-11-20info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i19.34744https://doi.org/10.34624/fb.v0i19.34744Forma Breve; No 19 (2023): A fúria de Aquiles: as faces da guerra; 25-44Forma Breve; n.º 19 (2023): A fúria de Aquiles: as faces da guerra; 25-442183-47091645-927Xreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://proa.ua.pt/index.php/formabreve/article/view/34744https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/formabreve/article/view/34744/23059Direitos de Autor (c) 2023 Ana Paula Pintohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPinto, Ana Paula2023-11-30T18:45:41Zoai:proa.ua.pt:article/34744Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T23:19:34.451202Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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In the complex framework of the heroic figures of Greco-Latin mythology, Achilles appears as one of the most relevant references in antiquity. This exceptional popularity, which allowed the character to survive the erosion of oblivion and to exert on the imaginary incomparable influence, is due to the fact that Homer chose him as the protagonist of the Iliad, and guided the peculiar angle of view of the Trojan War, which antiquity considered the greatest historical event of Humanity, by the passionate intensity of his anger. Although the narrative of the Odyssey already centres on the figure of Ulysses, the double evocation of the warrior of sudden rage, of superlative feats, and of the obsession with honour, already dead in Hades, in Od. XI and Od. XXIV, contributes to underlining in the poetic message a much more positive and optimistic moralising tone, which transcends the tragic determinism of the Iliad.We know that the hero’s appeal already exercised itself on the Greek imagination before the regular and universal knowledge of Homeric poetry had referenced him as a heroic paradigm, because the set of the so-called Cyclic Poetry - particularly the Cypria, with the details of the background of the Trojan War, and the Aethiopis, with the list of the facts that followed Hector’s funeral - offers many of the traditional details about Achilles to which Homer alluded only discreetly. Taking the Homeric Poems as a starting point, we propose to approach the narratives of the poetic reworking of the Trojan Cyclic Poems, widely documented still in the ceramic paintings of the Classical period. This comparative perspective will allow us, in synthesis, to propose different models of symbolic approach to the heroic figure of Achilles. |
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