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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457356403321

Autore

Montiglio Silvia <1960->

Titolo

From villain to hero [[electronic resource] ] : Odysseus in ancient thought / / Silvia Montiglio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor [Mich.], : University of Michigan Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-28236-4

9786613282361

0-472-02750-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

880.9/351

Soggetti

Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Setting the stage -- "Odysseus was not . . .": Antisthenes' defense of an abused hero -- Plato's Odysseus: a soldier in the soul -- Yearning for excellence: Odysseus in cynic and stoic thought -- King, friend, and flatterer: Odysseus in epicureanism and beyond -- Between contemplation and action -- Epilogue: Odysseus' virtus and thirst for knowledge in the Renaissance.