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MICHELAKIS, P., Achilles in Greek Tragedy. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 236p. Hardbound with dust wrps. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. 'The Iliadic Achilles is generally regarded as setting the pattern for all subsequent treatments of the hero, including the Achilles of Greek tragedy. In this monograph based on his Cambridge dissertation, Pantelis Michelakis stakes out a different approach: he examines 'the dramatists' search to redefine the Homeric model by focusing on mythological episodes and aspects of Achilles' personality which range beyond the spatial-temporal and conceptual boundaries of the 'Iliad'(p.187). (...) If Michelakis cannot entirely succeed in displacing the Homeric Achilles from his traditional preeminence, he has nonetheless produced a deft, insightful, rigorous and rewarding study which encourages readers to undertake their own reappraisal of what tragedy does and does not owe to Homer.' (JUSTINA GREGORY in The Classical Review (New Series), 2004, pp.28-30). € 85.00 (New) ISBN: 9780521818438