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Cheiron's way youthful education in Homer and tragedy /
This work studies the social and ethical formation of youthful characters in Greek epic and tragedy. It investigates Cheiron the centaur, ancient Greece's first teacher; traces the influential trajectory of the Iliadic Achilles; and offers readings of the Odyssey, Sophocles' Ajax and Philo...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
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Online Access: | Oxford scholarship online - Click here for access |
Summary: | This work studies the social and ethical formation of youthful characters in Greek epic and tragedy. It investigates Cheiron the centaur, ancient Greece's first teacher; traces the influential trajectory of the Iliadic Achilles; and offers readings of the Odyssey, Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes, and Euripides' Hippolytus and Iphigenia in Aulis. |
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Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2018. |
Target Audience: |
Specialized. |
Audience: | Specialized. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780190857912 (ebook) : |