Homeric Misdirection: False Predictions in the Iliad

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Homeric Misdirection: False Predictions in the IliadIt is a familiar problem for authors of all kinds: how to make the tale interesting when the audience knows or thinks it knows the end of the story. As James V. Morrison illustrates in Homeric Misdirection, delay, suspense, and uncertainty all play essential roles in revitalizing the Iliad's traditional story of the Trojan War. In this persuasive and suggestive work, the author studies key passages that anticipate later events in the epic. An

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