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Explore a new perspective on Homeric epic with Desire in the Iliad: The Force That Moves the Epic and Its Audience. Published by Oxford University Press, this study provides the first comprehensive examination of how desire functions within the Iliad. Rachel H. Lesser examines how the desires of mortal heroes like Achilleus and divine figures such as Zeus drive the plot forward and maintain audience engagement. This scholarly work explains the relationship between character motivation and narrative structure. The author argues that these desires are organized into narrative triangles where two parties conflict over a third. This book offers a fresh reading of the poem, looking at how these driving forces affect the epic from its beginning through to its end.

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This Oxford University Press publication offers the first comprehensive study examining desire within the Iliad.

Rachel H. Lesser provides a new reading of the poem by analyzing the motivations of Achilleus and Zeus.

The text explains how character desires function as the primary force that drives the epic narrative structure.

Readers can learn how narrative triangles involving two parties in conflict over a third organize the poem's desires.

The study explores how these character motivations keep the audience engaged with the epic throughout the story.

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Release Date
06 October 2022
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29 April 2022

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