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Wounded heroes : vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy
- Title
- Wounded heroes : vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy / Marina Berzins McCoy.
- Author
- McCoy, Marina, 1968-
- Publication
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 228 p.; 23 cm
- Alternative Title
- Vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
- Contents
- Woundedness, narrative, and community in the Iliad -- Oedipus and Theseus at the crossroads -- Pity as a civic virtue in Sophocles' Philoctetes -- Wounding and wisdom in Plato's Gorgias -- Eros, woundedness, and creativity in Plato's Symposium -- Friendship and moral failure in Aristotle's Ethics -- Tragedy, katharsis, and community in Aristotle's Poetics.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-90
- ISBN
- 0199672784
- 9780199672783
- OCLC
- 828181003
- Author
- McCoy, Marina, 1968-
- Title
- Wounded heroes : vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy / Marina Berzins McCoy.
- Imprint
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-90