Erôs and the Polis / Ed Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Ed, 1973- author.

Series:

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements Series

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements Series ; v.2

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Love in literature.

Emotions in literature.

Erōs (The Greek word).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 103 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Erôs and the Polis

Erôs and the Polis

Place of Publication:

London University of London Press 2019

London, United Kingdom : University of London Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

'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.

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