SOURCE: Lardinois, A.. “Characterization through Gnomai in Homer's Iliad.” Mnemosyne 53, no. 6 (December 2000): 641-61.
In the following essay, Lardinois considers the characteristic use of gnomai (or wisdom-sayings similar to proverbs) by Achilles, Nestor, Odysseus, and the gods in the Iliad.
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