Erôs and the Polis / / Ed Sanders

• Autore: Sanders Ed
• Pubblicazione: London, United Kingdom : , : University of London Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 103 pages)
• Disciplina: 880.9001
• Soggetto topico: Love in literature; Emotions in literature; Erōs (The Greek word)
• Nota di contenuto: 'Erôs and the polis': an introduction / Ed Sanders -- Politics, poetics, and erôs in archaic poetry / james Davidson -- Erotic charis: what sorts of reciprocity? / Nick Fisher -- The rejection of erotic passion by Euripides' Hippolytos / Dimitra Kokini -- Erôs in Menander: three studies in male character / Stavroula Kiritsi.
• Sommario/riassunto: Arising out of a conference on 'Erôs in Ancient Greece', the articles in this volume share a historicizing approach to the conventions and expectations of erôs in the context of the polis, in the Archaic and Classical periods of ancient Greece. The articles focus on (post-Homeric) Archaic and Classical poetic genres - namely lyric poetry, tragedy, and comedy - and some philosophical texts by Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle. They pursue a variety of issues, including: the connection between homosexual erôs and politics; sexual practices that fell outside societal norms (aristocratic homosexuality, chastity); the roles of sôphrosynê (self-control) and akrasia (incontinence) in erotic relationships; and the connection between erôs and other socially important emotions such as charis, philia, and storgê. The exploration of such issues from a variety of standpoints, and through a range of texts, allows us to place erôs as an emotion in its socio-political context.
• Altri titoli varianti: Erôs and the Polis; Erôs and the Polis
• Titolo autorizzato: Erôs and the Polis
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Record Nr.: 9910404133403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II