Sophrosyne and the rhetoric of self-restraint : polysemy and persuasive use of an ancient Greek value term /

While of paramount importance to Ancient Greek society, sophrosyne , the value of self-restraint, constitutes a notoriously complex concept, and provides the speaker of Ancient Greek with a subtle instrument for verbal persuasion. This study provides a new description of the semantics of sophrosyne...

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Main Author: Rademaker, Adriaan, 1965-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 259.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Plato > Language.

Sōphrosynē (The Greek word)

Greek language > Polysemy.

Persuasion (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500.