... the hero has in Hades with his former companion Elpenor, the seer Teiresias, and his mother Antikleia. The chapter further offers an interpretation of the prophecy of Teiresias, which has often been seen as problematic by readers and scholars alike. This chapter shows that, on the contrary, it can...

... strife or betrayal, or to revisit characters who are failures in Homer. In order to focus its discussion of Homeric reception in Greek literary responses to the Civil War, the chapter focuses on four emblematic figures: Lycaon, Hector, Elpenor, and Penelope. Iliad Albania Civil War Greek Lorenzatos...

... libations to the dead Teiresias Underworld geography Bacchylides Circle Elpenor Patroclus Sisyphus Sophocles Achilles Ajax aōroi aōrai Epicaste Jocasta Eriphyle Hector Phaedra Procris Athena Erechtheus heroes and hero cult Pandareids Tantalus Tityus Elysian Fields Ganymede gold...