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.