Andreia: Studies in Manliness and Courage in Classical Antiquity

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An examination of a central concept in the self-definition of any Greek-speaking male: "Andreia", the notion of courage and manliness. Through a combination of lexical or semantic and conceptual studies the discourse of manliness and its role in the construction of social order is explored.

Author(s): Ralph Mark Rosen, Ineke Sluiter
Series: Mnemosyne Supplements 238
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Year: 2003

Language: English
Pages: 368