{"product_id":"ransom-revenge-and-heroic-identity-in-the-iliad-9780521806602","title":"Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donna F. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient and Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilson examines the nature of compensation--ransom and revenge--in the liad, offering a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. She presents a detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, located in the wider context of agonistic exchange, to demonstrate how the struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system of Homeric society. The study thus asserts the integral role of compensation in the traditional, cultural and poetic matrix of this foundational epic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614241996951,"sku":"9780521806602","price":6835.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521806602.webp?v=1775092100","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ransom-revenge-and-heroic-identity-in-the-iliad-9780521806602","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}