From villain to hero [electronic resource] : Odysseus in ancient thought / Silvia Montiglio.
By: Montiglio, Silvia.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press, c2011Description: 228 p.Subject(s): Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 880.9/351 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 880.9/001 Platonic noise | 880.9/0109358 Literary texts and the Greek historian | 880.9/351 Theseus and Athens | 880.9/351 From villain to hero | 880.9/3548 Leaving words to remember | 880.9/355 The wound and the witness | 880.9/355 Citizen Bacchae |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction: Setting the stage -- "Odysseus was not . . .": Antisthenes' defense of an abused hero -- Plato's Odysseus: a soldier in the soul -- Yearning for excellence: Odysseus in cynic and stoic thought -- King, friend, and flatterer: Odysseus in epicureanism and beyond -- Between contemplation and action -- Epilogue: Odysseus' virtus and thirst for knowledge in the Renaissance.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.