Suppliant, guest, and the power of Zeus in Homeric epic

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dc.contributor.advisorHubbard, Thomas K.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKim, Lawrence Y.en
dc.creatorTworek-Hofstetter, Miriamen
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-04T14:47:32Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:19:58Z
dc.date.available2010-06-04T14:47:32Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:19:58Z
dc.date.issued2009-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2009en
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThis report investigates the theme of supplication in both the Iliad and Odyssey especially in regards to the role of Zeus as protector of suppliants in each of the poems. Although Zeus is never given the epithet Hikesios in the Iliad as is the case in the Odyssey, he nevertheless acts as such in the Iliad’s final scenes of supplication. The scenes discussed in this paper include the supplication between Thetis and Zeus, Adrastos and Menelaus, Hektor and Achilles, Priam and Achilles, Odysseus and the Cyclops, and Odysseus and Arete. While Zeus appears indifferent to the battlefield suppliants in the Iliad such as Adrastos in the beginning of the Iliad, his own interest in justice as well as an increasing value of the suppliant draw Zeus into a more active role in supplications. This phenomenon is further supported by supplication scenes in the Odyssey that refer to events of the Iliad and in which Zeus is explicitly called “protector of suppliants.”en
dc.description.departmentClassicsen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-08-242en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectHomeren
dc.subjectHomeric themeen
dc.subjectSupplicationen
dc.subjectZeus Hikesiosen
dc.titleSuppliant, guest, and the power of Zeus in Homeric epicen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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