ISBN10: 0691043418, ISBN13: 9780691043418, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0691043418, ISBN13: 9780691043418, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Poetics of Eros in Ancient Greece offers the first comprehensive inquiry into the deity of sexual love, a power that permeated daily Greek life. Avoiding Foucault's philosophical paradigm of dominance/submission, Claude Calame uses an anthropological and linguistic approach to re-create indigenous categories of erotic love. He maintains that Eros, the joyful companion of Aphrodite, was a divine figure around which poets constructed a physiology of desire that functioned in specific ways within a network of social relations. Calame begins by showing how poetry and iconography gave a rich variety of expression to the concept of Eros, then delivers a history of the deity's roles within social and political institutions, and concludes with a discussion of an Eros-centered metaphysics.Calame's treatment of archaic and classical Greek institutions reveals Eros at work in initiation rites and celebrations, educational practices, the Dionysiac theater of tragedy and comedy, and in real and imagined spatial settings. For men, Eros functioned particularly in the symposium and the gymnasium, places where men and boys interacted and where future citizens were educated. The household was the setting where girls, brides, and adult wives learned their erotic roles--as such it provides the context for ...
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[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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ISBN10: 0691043418, ISBN13: 9780691043418, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Translated by Janet Lloyd. Through analyses of both Greek language and practices, Calame offers a fresh, subtle reading of relations between individuals as well as a quick-paced and fascinating overview of Eros in Greek society at large. XXVI,213 Seiten mit 11 Abb., gebunden (Princeton University Press 1999) textsauberes Exemplar mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, leicht berieben/clean text pages, minor traces of use, slightly rubbed. Früher EUR 92,00 534 g. Sprache: en
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ISBN10: 0691043418, ISBN13: 9780691043418, [publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press 1999] Hardcover 8vo., black clothbound hardback gilt, in unclipped dust jacket; [xxvi] + 213pp, indexed, with black and white plates. Small ink number to dust jacket rear flap, otherwise a clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Overall VG/VG. (SHELF 15) ISBN: 0691043418 ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
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[Dunfermline, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

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