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Abstract
This thesis investigates the nature of memory in the Iliad. Chapter 1 analyzes the meaning of the verb (usually translated as remember, have in mind); it concludes that this verb refers to an experience which is intrinsically both mental and bodily, and that the verb therefore has a more restricted meaning than English remember. Chapter 2 discusses the relationship of to memory in general within the Iliad, focusing in particular on the performance of paradigmatic memories by characters within the poem. Chapter 3 uses the results of Chapters 1 and 2 to illuminate a particular literary question: how do memory and the experience referred to by the verb underlie Achilles character development in the Iliad.