Courage and Cowardice in Ancient Greece From Homer to Aristotle /

Courage and Cowardice in Ancient Greece From Homer to Aristotle /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zavaliy, Andrei G. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XIII, 258 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:1st ed. 2020.
Subjects:
Philosophy > History.
Poetry.
Ethics.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Classical literature.
Literature, Ancient.
History of Philosophy.
Poetry and Poetics.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Ancient Philosophy / Classical Philosophy.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47606-9
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Discovering an Ancient Virtue
  • Chapter 2. Archaic Greece: Courageous Hero in the Homeric epics
  • Chapter 3. Military Valor in Post-Homeric Poetry
  • Chapter 4. The Bold Challengers: Cowardice, Irony and Mockery
  • Chapter 5. Courage in Real-life: The Historians’ Approach
  • Chapter 6. Courage and Cowardice in Plato’s Dialogues
  • Chapter 7. Aristotle’s Revisionism: A Return to Homeric Roots
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Fate of Courage in the Modern World
  • Index.

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