Cheiron's way : youthful education in Homer and tragedy / Justina Gregory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregory, Justina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homer--Characters.

Homer.

Education in literature.

Centaurs in literature.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Characters and characteristics.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 313 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Contents:

Age Classes and Education p. 1

Rites of Passage p. 4

Hupothekai, Gnomai, and Paradeigmata p. 5

Sunousia p. 7

Mentoring and Peer Role Models p. 10

Curricula p. 11

Nature versus Teaching p. 12

Lycurgus' Experiment p. 16

Fathers and Sons p. 17

Imagery of Nature and Education p. 17

Prometheus and Epimetheus p. 19

Learning through Suffering p. 21

Sanctions p. 22

Recognition and Gain p. 23

1 Cheiron the Centaur p. 27

The Elusiveness of Cheiron p. 28

Cheiron as the Anti-centaur p. 30

Cheiron as Healer-Seer? p. 33

Cheiron as Surrogate Father p. 37

Cheiron as Childminder p. 39

The Work of Hands p. 42

Cheiron and Achilles p. 43

The Precepts of Cheiron p. 46

Cheiron and Jason p. 48

Cheiron and Asclepius p. 51

Cheiron and Actaeon p. 52

Cheiron and Hippo p. 52

A Liberal Education p. 53

2 Iltad, Part 1 p. 57

Natural Aptitudes and Acquired Skills p. 59

A Blueprint for Instruction p. 61

The Warrior's Curriculum p. 63

Ensuring Readiness for Warfare p. 66

The Heroic Code p. 68

Paternal Tenderness and Its Motives p. 71

Inculcating Habitus p. 73

Instruction via Hupotheke p. 76

Instruction via Gnome p. 79

Instruction via Paradeigma p. 80

3 Iliad, Part 2 p. 85

Motif Transference p. 85

Cheiron and Phoenix p. 87

A Crisis of Disillusionment p. 90

The Embassy to Achilles p. 92

An Outburst of Savagery p. 98

A Didactic Impulse p. 101

A Crisis of Empathy p. 103

From Student to Teacher p. 106

4 Odyssey p. 109

The Education of Odysseus p. 110

Penelope as Telemachus' Teacher p. 114

Athena's Educational Intervention p. 118

The Uses of a Mentor p. 120

What Telemachus Learns at Sparta p. 122

Odysseus and Telemachus p. 125

A Delicate Balance p. 128

5 Ajax p. 133

Ajax's History p. 134

Ajax's Temperament p. 137

Ajax and the Gods p. 138

Ajax's Response to Insult p. 139

Ajax the Megalomaniac? p. 140

Ajax and His Father p. 144

Ajax and His Son p. 148

Ajax and Tecmessa p. 152

The Deception Speech p. 154

Odysseus and Ajax p. 159

The Origins of Empathy p. 162

6 Philoctetes p. 165

Philoctetes and the Rite-of-Passage Motif p. 167

Neoptolemus' Phusis and Upbringing p. 169

Odysseus as Instructor p. 175

Philoctetes as Instructor p. 179

Neoptolemus and Pity p. 181

Neoptolemus and Deception p. 184

Neoptolemus and Shame p. 186

The End of the Play p. 188

7 Hippolytus p. 191

Initiatory Education or Heroic Education? p. 193

Hippolytus' Youthfulriess p. 193

Sophrosune in the Young p. 194

A Virtue for All Ages p. 197

Hippolytus' Exclusivity p. 199

The Vocabulary of Teaching and Learning p. 200

The Acquired Wisdom of the Nepios p. 204

Disillusionment and Empathy p. 205

Ion's Formation p. 206

Ion's Crises p. 207

The Crises in Hippolytus p. 209

A Belated Education p. 212

Hippolytus' Hamartia p. 213

8 Iphigenia in Aulis p. 217

Homer's Nausicaa: Her Upbringing and Prospects p. 218

Female and Male Development in IA p. 220

The Internal and External Chronology of IA p. 220

Political Interpretations p. 224

Changes of Mind in IA p. 226

Iphigenia: Continuities and Change p. 230

A Dual Education p. 234

Empathy and Its Consequences p. 238.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gregory, Justina, author. Cheiron's way

ISBN:

9780190857882

0190857889

OCLC:

1030447565