TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stanford,William Bedell
TI  - The Ulysses theme: a study in the adaptability of a traditional hero 
AV  - PN57.O3 S8
U1  - 398.352 18
PY  - 1954///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - B. Blackwell
KW  - Odysseus (Greek mythology)
KW  - Comparative literature
KW  - Themes, motives
KW  - Letterkunde
KW  - gtt
KW  - Odysseus
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-280) and indexes; Pt. 1. Ulysses as an epic hero. The adaptability of mythical figures -- The grandson of Autolycus -- The favourite of Athene -- Personal relationships -- The untypical hero -- Developments in the epic cycle --; Pt. 2. Ulysses as a figure of controversy. Growing hostility -- The stage villain -- Ulysses among Alexandrians and Stoics -- Virgil's Ulysses -- Traditional features in Ovid, Seneca, and Statius -- Ulysses and the discrediting of Homer --; Pt. 3. Modern variations on the classical themes. The man of policies -- The wanderer -- The re-integrated hero
N2  - This book offers substance to contemporary reflections on manhood by looking at comradeship, heroism, virtue, wandering, trickery, father-son issues, relations between men and a variety of feminine forms, and the intervention of the Gods. The author surveys the range of responses--from Euripides to Kazantzakis--to Ulysses' ambiguous nature, transforming Homeric studies by focusing on literary and psychological analysis
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/ulyssesthemestud00stan
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL24397270M
ER  -