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A 4 page book review that discusses Jasper Griffin's text Homer on Life and Death (1983). The writer argues that this text provides a fascinating commentary on the Iliad, Homer's epic poem that depicted the Trojan War. While Homer's work has been addressed extensively over the course of the centuries, Griffin gives it new life by pointing out the themes that Homer was trying to convey about human existence and mortality. At one point, Griffin writes that the principal theme of the Iliad is death, rather than combat, and specifically about "life and death," contrasted with the greatest possible sharpness. No additional sources cited.
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work has been addressed extensively over the course of the centuries, Griffin gives it new life by pointing out the themes that Homer was trying to convey about human existence
and mortality. At one point, Griffin writes that the principal theme of the Iliad is death, rather than combat, and specifically about "life and death," contrasted with the greatest possible
sharpness. Griffin establishes his perspective immediately by delving directly into his interpretation of Homers work. He begins his text by pointing out that the poet of the Iliad created
a poem that was larger in scale than anything that had preceded it and that it was "organized and unified" on a totally different principle (p. 1). Rather than offer
a straightforward chronological account of a significant event, in this case the war with Troy, the poet focused on a theme "which commenced in the middle of the war and
ended before its conclusion" (Griffin, 1983, p. 1). This overarching theme was the wrath of Achilles and its consequences, which the poet made to represent thematic the entirety of the
war as a whole. Griffin begins his examination of the Iliad by choosing significant scenes and discussing their meaning in relation to the overall thrust of the work. For
example, he describes the heart-rending scene in which Andromache sees the dead body of her husband Hector being dragged behind Achilles chariot. She casts down her headdress, which "became hers
on her wedding day" (p. 2). Griffin refers to this as a "vivid symbol of her loss" (p. 2). He goes on to describe how Andromache burned Hectors clothes and
places this gesture within the context of Greek culture. Griffin states that the Greeks, as in other cultures in the ancient world, believed that one buried or burnt objects so
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