W. R. Johnson _Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil's Aeneid._ Johnson compares Vergil with Homer quite a bit. I can't recall how much he goes into the subject of heroism. For heroism in homer, try
Nagy _The Best of the Achaians_. The focus is largely Achilles, as I recall. > > Can anyone please help me with my essay? The question is that "How do > Homer and Vergil maintain the ambiguity of traditional heroism? What > effect does it have?" > Please reply me as soon as possible because my paper is due 11/9, any > short answer or idea will be helpful. > Thank you > > Sincerely, > Judy > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. > Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message > "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You > can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
