Andreia : studies in manliness and courage in classical antiquity /

Andreia : studies in manliness and courage in classical antiquity /

This volume examines the use of a central concept in the self-definition of any Greek speaking male: Andreia , the notion of courage and manliness. The nature and use of value terms quickly leads the researcher to core issues of cultural identity: through a combination of lexical or semantic and con...

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Other Authors: Rosen, Ralph Mark., Sluiter, I.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 238.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Andreia (The Greek word)
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Greek language > Semantics.
Masculinity > Terminology.
Civilization, Classical.
Courage > Terminology.
Classical literature.
Courage.
Masculinity.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Terminology.

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Call Number: PA430.A53 A53 2003eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • RALPH M. ROSEN and INEKE SLUITER
  • GENERAL INTRODUCTION /
  • Ineke Sluiter and Ralph M. Rosen
  • THE SEMANTICS OF MANLINESS IN ANCIENT GREECE /
  • Karen Bassi
  • THE ANDREIA OF XENOCLES: KOUROS, KALLOS AND KLEOS /
  • G. I. C. Robertson
  • MARVELOUS ANDREIA: POLITICS, GEOGRAPHY, AND ETHNICITY IN HERODOTUS' HISTORIES /
  • Sarah E. Harrell
  • THE ANDREIA OF THE HIPPOCRATIC PHYSICIAN AND THE PROBLEM OF INCURABLES /
  • Ralph M. Rosen and Manfred Horstmanshoff
  • "MOST CITIZENS ARE EURUPRÔKTOI NOW": (UN)MANLINESS IN ARISTOPHANES /
  • Adriaan Rademaker
  • THE RHETORIC OF COURAGE IN THE ATHENIAN ORATORS /
  • Joseph Roisman
  • THE HIGH COST OF ANDREIA AT ATHENS /
  • Edward E. Cohen
  • THE ORDEAL OF THE DIVINE SIGN: DIVINATION AND MANLINESS IN ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREECE /
  • Peter T. Struck
  • ARISTOTLE ON ANDREIA, DIVINE AND SUB-HUMAN VIRTUES /
  • Marguerite Deslauriers
  • PARADOXICAL ANDREIA: SOCRATIC ECHOES IN STOIC 'MANLY COURAGE' /
  • Helen Cullyer
  • ROMAN MEN AND GREEK VIRTUE /
  • Myles McDonnell
  • ATHLETICS, ANDREIA AND THE ASKÊSIS-CULTURE IN THE ROMAN EAST /
  • Onno van Nijf
  • LIKE THE LABORS OF HERACLES: ANDREIA AND PAIDEIA IN GREEK CULTURE UNDER ROME /
  • Joy Connolly
  • PLUTARCH'S MANLY WOMEN /
  • Jerenny McInerney
  • I INDEX OF GREEK TERMS /
  • RALPH M. ROSEN and INEKE SLUITER
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE /
  • J. M. BREMER , L. F. JANSSEN , H. PINKSTER , H. W. PLEKET , C. J. RUIJGH and P. H. SCHRIJVERS.