Thomas R. Walsh is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Occidental College.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 Introduction: Homeric AngerPart 3 Feuding WordsChapter 4 The Prophet DefinesChapter 5 Forms and FormulaeChapter 6 Kotos and Social StatusChapter 7 Anger's History: Kotos and EtymologyChapter 8 Anger's Aggression: The Wrath of FeudPart 9 Fighting WordsChapter 10 Helen's Cure and the End of AngerChapter 11 The Beginning of KholosChapter 12 Fighting WordsChapter 13 Fighting DeedsChapter 14 The Embassy, Kholos, and the Illiad's GenreChapter 15 The Cultural Poetics of Kholos in the IlliadChapter 16 Conclusions and a Comparison

Thomas R. Walsh is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Occidental College.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 Introduction: Homeric AngerPart 3 Feuding WordsChapter 4 The Prophet DefinesChapter 5 Forms and FormulaeChapter 6 Kotos and Social StatusChapter 7 Anger's History: Kotos and EtymologyChapter 8 Anger's Aggression: The Wrath of FeudPart 9 Fighting WordsChapter 10 Helen's Cure and the End of AngerChapter 11 The Beginning of KholosChapter 12 Fighting WordsChapter 13 Fighting DeedsChapter 14 The Embassy, Kholos, and the Illiad's GenreChapter 15 The Cultural Poetics of Kholos in the IlliadChapter 16 Conclusions and a Comparison

Thomas R. Walsh is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Occidental College.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 Introduction: Homeric AngerPart 3 Feuding WordsChapter 4 The Prophet DefinesChapter 5 Forms and FormulaeChapter 6 Kotos and Social StatusChapter 7 Anger's History: Kotos and EtymologyChapter 8 Anger's Aggression: The Wrath of FeudPart 9 Fighting WordsChapter 10 Helen's Cure and the End of AngerChapter 11 The Beginning of KholosChapter 12 Fighting WordsChapter 13 Fighting DeedsChapter 14 The Embassy, Kholos, and the Illiad's GenreChapter 15 The Cultural Poetics of Kholos in the IlliadChapter 16 Conclusions and a Comparison