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portada The Rape of Troy Hardback: Evolution, Violence, and the World of Homer
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2008
Language
English
Pages
236
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
21.8 x 14.6 x 2.1 cm
Weight
0.44 kg.
ISBN
0521870380
ISBN13
9780521870382
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The Rape of Troy Hardback: Evolution, Violence, and the World of Homer

Jonathan Gottschall (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Hardcover

The Rape of Troy Hardback: Evolution, Violence, and the World of Homer - Gottschall, Jonathan

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Synopsis "The Rape of Troy Hardback: Evolution, Violence, and the World of Homer "

Homer's epics reflect an eighth-century BCE world of warrior tribes that were fractured by constant strife; aside from its fantastic scale, nothing is exceptional about Troy's conquest by the Greeks. Using a fascinating and innovative approach, Professor Gottschall analyses Homeric conflict from the perspective of modern evolutionary biology, attributing its intensity to a shortage of available young women. The warrior practice of taking enemy women as slaves and concubines meant that women were concentrated in the households of powerful men. In turn, this shortage drove men to compete fiercely over women: almost all the main conflicts of the Iliad and Odyssey can be traced back to disputes over women. The Rape of Troy integrates biological and humanistic understanding - biological theory is used to explore the ultimate sources of pitched Homeric conflict, and Homeric society is the subject of a bio-anthropological case study of why men fight.

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