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Kakos : badness and anti-value in classical antiquity /

Part of a series that explores cultural and ethical values in Classical Antiquity, this volume examines the negative foils, the anti-values, against which positive value notions are conceptualized and calibrated in Classical Antiquity. It includes chapters that address this theme from historical, li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sluiter, I. (Ineke) (Editor ), Rosen, Ralph Mark (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 307.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Contributors; Chapter 1. General Introduction (Ineke Sluiter); Chapter 2. Generic Ethics and the Problem of Badness in Pindar (Kathryn Morgan); Chapter 3. Ugliness and Value in the Life of Aesop (Jeremy B. Lefkowitz); Chapter 4. Beetle Tracks: Entomology, Scatology and the Discourse of Abuse (Deborah Steiner); Chapter 5. 'Bad' Language in Aristophanes (Ian C. Storey); Chapter 6. Badness and Intentionality in Aristophanes' Frogs (Ralph M. Rosen); Chapter 7. Imagining Bad Citizenship in Classical Athens: Aristophanes' Ecclesiazusae 730-876 (Matthew R. Christ).