Vol. 31 No. 1 (2005): XXXI - 2005, fascicolo 1
Articoli

Dolon and Rhesus

Published 2014-04-14

Keywords

  • Iliad scholia,
  • Rhesus story,
  • Odysseus

Abstract

Schol. Il. 10.435 mentions Rhesus’ mares, stolen by Odysseus and Diomedes, who have been informed about them by Dolon, as a redressing of a former defeat suffered by the Achaeans. The story belongs in a particular typology of popular tales, as established by Propp: a heroic search follows a former lack which is then ‘liquidated’.