RESUMOO autor analisa o tema da ira de Aquiles, tal qual manifestada em seu tratamento do cadáver de Heitor, primeiramente, conforme sua descrição na Ilíada, e, depois, a partir de sua representação nos vasos áticos. Com isso, mostra que o mesmo foi diversamente compreendido pelos gregos antigos, evidenciando diferentes sensibilidades à guerra, em geral, e à violência, em particular, e, conseqüentemente, identidades diversas.Palavras-chave: violência; Grécia Antiga; sensibilidades.
ABSTRACTThe author examines the issue of Achilles' wrath, as expressed in his treatment of the Hector' corpse, first as it is described in the Iliad, and then how it is represented in the Attic vases. It is argued that the theme was understood differently by the ancient Greeks, showing different sensibilities to war, in general, and to violence, in particular, and therefore different identities.
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RESUMO:O autor estuda as pinturas da cerâmica ática, com a representação da Psicostasia de Aquiles e Mêmnon, respondendo à questão do contexto, no interior do qual ela adquire sentido. Defende a ideia de que ela está imersa na esfera religiosa e ligada ao tema da morte, especificamente ao ideal heroico da bela morte, o qual vem ser o meio de o guerreiro escapar do fim que a morte representa, uma vez que esta morte heroica lhe permite permanecer vivo na memória de seu povo.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Arte grega; Pintura; Vasos áticos; Psicostasia; Morte.
ACHILLES AND MEMNON IN THE FACE OF DEATH: A STUDY OF THE DEPICTIONS OF PSYCHOSTASIA IN ATTIC POTTERY PAINTING
ABSTRACT:The author studies the Attic pottery paintings, with the depiction of Psychostasia of Achilles and Memnon, answering the question of the context within which it acquires meaning. Defends the idea that it is steeped in religious sphere and linked to the theme of death, specifically to the heroic ideal of the beautiful death, which comes to be the way of the warrior escape the end that death is, since this heroic death lets he stay alive in the memory of his people.
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