How Long to Read Grief and the Hero

How Long Does it Take to Read Grief and the Hero?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 23 minutes to read Grief and the Hero by Emily P. Austin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Grief and the Hero examines Achilles' experience of the futility of grief in the context of the Iliad's study of anger. No action can undo his friend Patroklos' death, but the experience of death drives him to behave as though he can achieve something restorative. Rather than assuming that grief gives rise to anger, as most scholars have done, Grief and the Hero pays close attention to the poem's representation of the origin of these emotions. In the Iliad, only Achilles' grief for Patroklos is joined with the word poth , "longing"; no other grief in the poem is described with this term. The...

How long is Grief and the Hero?

Grief and the Hero by Emily P. Austin is 202 pages long, and a total of 50,904 words.

This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Grief and the Hero Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Grief and the Hero aloud.

What Reading Level is Grief and the Hero?

Grief and the Hero is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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