Falling

A. Purves
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Falling is not only a highly repetitive action in the Iliad but also the primary means for indicating death on the battlefield. It is thus a quintessentially human gesture, which draws the body not only toward death but also into a specifically mortal sense of time. In light of the significance of falling for mortals, this chapter examines the problematic case of two gods who fall in the Iliad. It argues that when Hephaestus tumbles to earth from Olympus and when Ares is knocked flat on the battlefield, both gods also “fall into” human time. This action complicates their status as immortals and draws into question the different temporal registers at work in the poem.
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在《伊利亚特》中,摔倒不仅是一个高度重复的动作,也是战场上表示死亡的主要手段。因此,这是一种典型的人类姿态,它不仅将身体拉向死亡,而且还将身体拉向一种特定的凡人时间感。鉴于为凡人堕落的意义,本章考察了《伊利亚特》中两个神堕落的问题案例。它认为,当赫菲斯托斯从奥林匹斯山跌到地上,当阿瑞斯被击倒在战场上时,两位神也“落入”了人类的时间。这种行为使他们作为不朽的地位变得复杂,并对诗歌中不同的时间寄存器产生了疑问。
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