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Examines the theme of heroism in Homer, focusing on the Iliad. Examines the relationships between the poem's smallest parts and its largest themes. The book is divided into two sections. The first section looks at how the small components of the Iliad, the epithets and similes, …
"Benardete's philosophic reading of the poets and his poetic reading of the philosophers share a common ground that makes this collection a whole. The key, suggested by his reflections on Leo Strauss in the last piece, lies in the question of how to read Plato. Benardete's way i…
