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The Ulysses theme;: A study in the adaptability of a traditional hero (Ann Arbor paperbacks)
William Bedell Stanford

University of Michigan Press, 1963

This book offers substance to contemporary reflections on manhood. Comradeship, heroism, virtue, wandering, trickery, psychopathy, father-son issues, relations between men and a variety of feminie forms, and the intervention of the Gods. Stanford surveys the range of responses?from Euripides to Kazantzakis?to Ulysses? ambiguous nature, transforming Homeric studies by focusing on literary and psychological analysis.

Ajax (Greek Texts and Commentaries)

4 reviews
Sophocles, William Bedell Stanford

Arno Press, 1979

Sophocles makes his case for the burial of the hero Ajax
I have always thought of the character of Ajax from the Trojan War to be the prototype of the "dumb jock" stereotype. Next to Achilles he was the best of the Achean warriors, but Ajax was deeply flawed in that he was stubborn and egotistical. I think his intelligence is further called into question by the myth regarding his death, which is the subject of this play by Sophocles. After the death of ...

The Sound of Greek: Studies in the Greek Theory and Practice of Euphony (Sather Classical Lectures)

1 review
William Bedell Stanford

Univ of California Pr, 1967

A Joy to Read
For a student of Greek this book is most useful for becoming acquainted with the pronunciation of Fifth Century Attic Greek. Unfortunately a record, rather than a CD, is included to reproduce the sounds discussed in the text. I would recommend that Stephen G. Daitz's tapes (The Pronunciation & Reading of Ancient Greek) be used in conjunction with this book. Nonetheless, it is an enjoyable and ...