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.
| ISBN: | 9781905670444 |
| Publication date: | 1st July 2013 |
| Author: | University of London |
| Publisher: | University of London Press an imprint of Institute of Classical Studies |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 103 pages |
| Series: | Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements |
| Genres: |
Ancient history Literary studies: poetry and poets |