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@article{ART002563584},
author={Joon Seok Lee},
title={Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2020},
volume={77},
number={1},
pages={41-56},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41}

TY - JOUR
AU - Joon Seok Lee
TI - Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2020
VL - 77
IS - 1
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 41
EP - 56
SN - 1598-3021
AB - In the Iliad, Menelaus is notably frequently connected with the epithets derived from Ares. Indeed, they ornament his name twenty-nine times whereas no one else is the subject of such an epithet more than twice in the Iliad. The Parryists have tried to explain this unexpected combination based on the traditional ‘stock epithets’ which go with a name in the formulaic phrases which are the building blocks of oral poetry. But it is not the only possible explanation. In that there is a discrepancy between his will to fight and the outcome of battle, Menelaus bears an uncanny resemblance to Ares in the Iliad. Both Ares and Menelaus are determined to take their family matters into their own hands, but are harshly rebuked for their recklessness by their own siblings. At last they have no choice but to put up with humiliation. Menelaus is Ares-like in that he shares frustration and humiliation with Ares in the Iliad. Thus, ἀρήΐος/ἀρηΐφιλος is eptheton significans, not ornans.
KW - Iliad;Menelaus;Ares;Epithets;Formula
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41
ER -

Joon Seok Lee. (2020). Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 77(1), 41-56.

Joon Seok Lee. 2020, "Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.77, no.1 pp.41-56. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41

Joon Seok Lee "Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77.1 pp.41-56 (2020) : 41.

Joon Seok Lee. Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad. 2020; 77(1), 41-56. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41

Joon Seok Lee. "Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77, no.1 (2020) : 41-56.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41

Joon Seok Lee. Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 77(1), 41-56. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41

Joon Seok Lee. Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2020; 77(1) 41-56. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41

Joon Seok Lee. Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad. 2020; 77(1), 41-56. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41

Joon Seok Lee. "Ares-Like Menelaus: A Study of the Internal Formulae in the Iliad" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77, no.1 (2020) : 41-56.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.41