Erôs and the Polis

love in context

103 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: University of London Press
• ISBN: 9781905670444
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2013
• Größe: 244 x 176 mm
• Verlag: University of London Press
• Herausgegeben von: Ed Sanders