| Erôs and the Polis: Love in Context: Volume 119 Contributor(s): Sanders, Ed (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1905670443 ISBN-13: 9781905670444 Publisher: University of London Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Physical Information: 103 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arising out of a conference on 'Er s in Ancient Greece', the articles in this volume share a historicizing approach to the conventions and expectations of er s 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 er s and politics; sexual practices that fell outside societal norms (aristocratic homosexuality, chastity); the roles of s phrosyn (self-control) and akrasia (incontinence) in erotic relationships; and the connection between er s and other socially important emotions such as charis, philia, and storg . The exploration of such issues from a variety of standpoints, and through a range of texts, allows us to place er s as an emotion in its socio-political context. |