Czy homerycka psyche to dusza-oddech?
Is psyche the soul-breath?
Author(s): Monika FajlerSubject(s): Literary Texts, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Instytut Filologii Klasycznej
Keywords: soul;soul-breath;spirit;psyche;thymos;life;
Summary/Abstract: The article brings up the issue of psyche understanding in Homer's epic poems. The standpoint, presented in the paper, polemicists with the Homeric interpretation of psyche, es-tablished in subject literature. The author analyses the question of validity when it comes to identifying psyche with the soul-breath or the life category, simultaneously referring to the texts of poems. She also wants to return to its elementary meaning which comes directly from Homer's mouth.
Journal: Littera Antiqua
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 4-21
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish