Homeric morality /

Homeric morality /

Homeric Morality is an attempt to answer two questions: whether or not the Homeric gods are concerned with 'justice' in human society, and what mechanism controls the social behaviour of Homeric man. It shows that the gods distribute good and bad fortune to men not in response to their mor...

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Main Author: Yamagata, Naoko.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden [Netherlands] ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 131.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049.

Subjects:

Homer > Ethics.
Homer.
Didactic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Ethics in literature.
Didactic poetry, Greek.
Epic poetry, Greek.
Ethics.
Ethics, Ancient, in literature.
Gods, Greek, in literature.
Moral conditions.
Moral conditions in literature.
Mythology, Greek, in literature.
Greece > Moral conditions.
Greece.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PA4037 .Y36 1994

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Naoko Yamagata
  • Moral functions attributed to the gods /
  • Naoko Yamagata
  • The fall of Troy /
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  • The death of the suitors /
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  • Phoenix's allegory /
  • Naoko Yamagata
  • The rainstorm of Zeus - δίκη and θέμις /
  • Naoko Yamagata
  • Divine anger and morality /
  • Naoko Yamagata
  • Fate, gods, and men /
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  • Honour and revenge /
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  • Forces that restrain human behaviour /
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  • Good and bad /
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  • Seemly and unseemly /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • General Index /
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  • Index of passages cited /
  • Naoko Yamagata
  • Supplements to Mnemosyne.