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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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2005.
Series:
Mnemosyne, Supplements
259.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.
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Call Number: PA430.S66 R33 2005eb
| Summary: | 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 in Archaic and Classical Greek, based on a model from the field of cognitive linguistics. Besides, the volume shows how such a semantic description can contribute to the analysis and study of our sources: it investigates how speakers in our texts (ab)use the term to achieve their ends, covering most of the main texts, and culminating in a chapter on the dialogues of Plato. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2004. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 375 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-365) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047406983 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |