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Out of the Mix: (Dis)ability, Intimacy, and the Homeric Poems
- Classical World
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 113, Number 1, Fall 2019
- pp. 1-27
- 10.1353/clw.2019.0075
- Article
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Abstract
ABSTRACT:
Disabled characters in the Homeric hymns and epics are associated with two key themes. They might possess special abilities (e.g., Hephaestus' craftsmanship), but they are distanced from forms of physical intimacy associated with the verb μίσγομαι ("mingle"): erotic intimacy and the intimacy experienced by a warrior and his opponent on the battlefield. By contrast, the intimate encounters of nondisabled individuals play a central role in the plots of the Iliad and Odyssey.
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