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Norman Austin
Publications - 14
Citations - 1212
Norman Austin is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tragedy & Consciousness. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 1172 citations.
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Shame and Necessity
Norman Austin,Bernard Williams +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argues that we are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we properly grasp our most important differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery.
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Archery at the Dark of the Moon: Poetic Problems in Homer's Odyssey
TL;DR: In the case of the Odyssey, Austin this paper showed that the stock epithets can have no relevance to a particular situation, although they naturally do have relevance to the general character of the hero.
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Helen of Troy and her shameless phantom
TL;DR: A survey of interpretations of Helen in Greek literature from the Homeric period through later antiquity can be found in this article, where the author discusses the canonical account of the Iliad and the Odyssey: Helen as the archetype of woman without shame.
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The Function of Digressions in the Iliad
TL;DR: The digressions are not random results of oral parataxis, but in their paradigmatic function show a consistency in theme and development that is part of the overall ordering of the poem as discussed by the authors.