Men’s κλέος and Women’s γόος
Abstract
Given a brief to discuss ‘female voices’ in ancient Greek poetry one might be tempted to choose Sappho or other women poets – like Praxilla or Telesilla – who were influential enough in their own time (and later) to have lyric meters named after them. But the surviving scraps of their poetry are not easily placed in their exact cultural context, and I have chosen instead to use a familiar text that survives in extenso and offers a range of extraordinarily influential paradigms for ways of behaving, thinking and feeling in ancient Greek society – the Iliad .
Fields of Study & Subjects
Classical Antiquity Studies
Classical Studies and Philology
Classical Philosophy and Thought
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 33–37
- Publication date
- 27 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter