ENGLISH

Andreia: Studies in Manliness and Courage in Classical Antiquity

By Ineke Sluiter , Ralph Mark Rosen

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
9004119957, 9789004119956
LCC
PA430.A53 P46 2003
Open Library ID
OL3562007M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2004772 bytes)
Series
Mnemosyne Supplements 238
Pages
368\368
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

An examination of a central concept in the self-definition of any Greek-speaking male: "Andreia", the notion of courage and manliness. Through a combination of lexical or semantic and conceptual studies the discourse of manliness and its role in the construction of social order is explored.

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