The Wooden Horse From Odysseus to Socrates

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-09-06
Publisher(s): Harry N. Abrams
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Summary

An internationally recognized history of the development of the western mind and its origins in ancient Greek literature evaluates the role of matriarchal and patriarchal belief systems, the Olympian religion, and the works of Homer.

Table of Contents

The wooden horse - the myth of discursivityp. 21
The Homeric projectp. 32
Dual religiosityp. 86
Athene and the apple of discord - on Eros, Eris and Metisp. 119
The Telemachyp. 136
Odysseusp. 160
The Wanderingsp. 191
The trials of homecomingp. 226
The Homeric utopiap. 258
The subjective and reflective breakthrough in poetry and philosophyp. 277
Hesiod as transitional poetp. 281
The lyrical sense of selfp. 299
Presocratic thoughtp. 311
The life and form of tragedyp. 329
Aeschylusp. 344
Sophoclesp. 409
Euripidesp. 456
Socratesp. 496
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