Wounded heroes : vulnerability as a virtue in ancient Greek literature and philosophy /

McCoy examines how Greek epic, tragedy, and philosophy offer important insights into the nature of human vulnerability especially how Greek thought extols the recognition and proper acceptance of vulnerability. Beginning with the literary works of Homer and Sophocles, she also expands her analysis t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McCoy, Marina, 1968- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Greek literature > History and criticism. Philosophy, Ancient. Vulnerability (Personality trait) Wounds and injuries in literature. Fragility (Psychology) Philosophical anthropology. Ethics. Ethics Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Philosophie ancienne. Anthropologie philosophique. Morale. Vulnérabilité (Trait de personnalité) Lésions et blessures dans la littérature. philosophical anthropology. ethics (philosophy) LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Philosophical anthropology Wounds and injuries in literature Greek literature Philosophy, Ancient plato suffering wounds virtue tragedy homer vulnerability sophocles aristotle greek philosophy Achilles Alcibiades Creative Commons Neoptolemus Oedipus Philoctetes Socrates Theseus Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Woundedness, narrative, and community in the Iliad
Oedipus and Theseus at the crossroads
Pity as a civic virtue in Sophocles' Philoctetes
Wounding and wisdom in Plato's Gorgias
Eros, woundedness, and creativity in Plato's Symposium
Friendship and moral failure in Aristotle's Ethics
Tragedy, katharsis, and community in Aristotle's Poetics.