A Alexíada de Ana Comnena e a tradição épica antiga: o retrato literário de Aleixo i Comneno entre a força de Héracles e o engenho de Ulisses

Abstract

: I intend to analyze the Homeric presence in Anna Komnene’s Alexiad , particularly the literary portrait of Alexios, who is first presented as Herakles in the victories against the rebels Roussel, Nikephoros Bryennios and Basilakios, before his accession to the imperial throne. After being proclaimed emperor of the Romans, the historian makes his father a wily hero, like Odysseus, seeking to defend the empire’s ship against the successive attacks by the Norman Robert Guiscard, who is shown behaving like the Homeric Achilles.