Il pianto degli eroi e l’Egida di Apollo Negoziazione e trasformazione del conflitto nel canto XXIV dell’Iliade: un’esegesi tra narrazione, diritto e antropologia
The Lament of the Heroes and the Aegis of Apollo Negotiation and Transformation of Conflict in Canto XXIV of the Iliad: An Exegesis Between Narration, Law, and Anthropology

Summary/Abstract: This article explores Book XXIV of the Iliad as a paradigm of negotiation and conflict transformation. Through a threefold lens—narratological, anthropological, and legal – it analyzes the meeting between Priam and Achilles for the ransom of Hector's body, highlighting how Homer's narrative, far from being a mere legendary tale, is a profound reflection on the mechanisms of a recomposition of relations between men and gods and between men themselves, culminating in a process that evolves from simple ransom to a “purification” of conflict. The analysis of Greek lexicon, in particular the vocabulary of the semantic area of pain, sight, memory, and the concept of “redemption,” reveals the complexity of this transformation, offering food for thought for contemporary law. This interdisciplinary approach aims to recover a deep history, an actual original reality of conflict resolution practices, often overlooked by purely contemporary perspectives. Nevertheless, in the concluding part, the article brings anthropological and legal considerations closer to typical profiles of conflict transformation and the science of negotiation, reading the dynamics of the encounter between Priam and Achilles also in the light of the concept of moral imagination.

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