An edition of Wounded Heroes (2013)

Wounded Heroes

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Wounded Heroes
Marina Berzins McCoy
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Vulnerability is not often associated with virtue. Yet to be vulnerable is central to human experience. In this book, McCoy examines ways in which Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy have important insights to offer about the nature of human vulnerability and how human beings might better come to terms with their own vulnerability. While studies of Greek heroism and virtue often focus on strength of character, prowess in war, or the achievement of honor for oneself or one?s society, McCoy examines another side to Greek thought that extols the recognition and proper acceptance of vulnerability. McCoy begins with the literary works of Homer?s Iliad, Sophocles? Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Philoctetes before expanding her analysis to philosophical works. There, she analyzes imagery of wounding in Plato?s Gorgias and Symposium as well as Aristotle?s work on the vulnerability inherent in friendship and an innovative interpretation of tragic catharsis in the Poetics. As much a work of philosophy as of classical textual analysis, McCoy?s work aims at a deeper understanding of the virtues of vulnerability for individuals and societies alike.

Language
English
Pages
246

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Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability As a Virtue in Ancient Greek Literature and Philosophy
2013, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
in English
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Wounded Heroes
2013, Oxford University Press
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Wounded Heroes
Publish date unknown, Oxford University Press
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OAPEN-UK

English.

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Library of Congress
PA3015, PA3015.V84 M38 2013, PA3015.V57 M33 2013

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Pagination
246
Number of pages
246

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Open Library
OL28360214M
ISBN 13
9780199672783
LCCN
2013940862
OCLC/WorldCat
828181003

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