Erôs and the Polis Love in context
Arising out of a conference on 'Erôs in Ancient Greece', the articles in this volume share a historicizing approach to the conventions and expectations of erôs in the context of the polis, in the Archaic and Classical periods of ancient Greece. The articles focus on (post-Homeric) Archaic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of London Press
2019
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| Series: | BICS Supplements
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Arising out of a conference on 'Erôs in Ancient Greece', the articles in this volume share a historicizing approach to the conventions and expectations of erôs in the context of the polis, in the Archaic and Classical periods of ancient Greece. The articles focus on (post-Homeric) Archaic and Classical poetic genres - namely lyric poetry, tragedy, and comedy - and some philosophical texts by Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. They pursue a variety of issues, including: the connection between homosexual erôs and politics; sexual practices that fell outside societal norms (aristocratic homosexuality, chastity); the roles of sôphrosynê (self-control) and akrasia (incontinence) in erotic relationships; and the connection between erôs and other socially important emotions such as charis, philia, and storgê. The exploration of such issues from a variety of standpoints, and through a range of texts, allows us to place erôs as an emotion in its socio-political context. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (116 p.) |
| ISBN: | 917.9781905670789 9781905670444 |