Veil and Citadel in Homer

In the Iliad and the Odyssey, one of the words for a woman’s veil, kredemnon, is the same word that, in the plural, refers to the walls of Troy. Kredemnon literally means “head-binder” and can apply to both the headgear of a woman and the citadel of a city. This paper will discuss Homer’s connection...

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