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Sophrosune in the Greek Novel - Reading Reactions to Desire (Paperback)
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Sophrosune in the Greek Novel - Reading Reactions to Desire (Paperback)
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This book offers the first comprehensive evaluation of ethics in
the ancient Greek novel, demonstrating how their representation of
the cardinal virtue sophrosune positions these texts in their
literary, philosophical and cultural contexts. Sophrosune
encompasses the dispositions and psychological states of
temperance, self-control, chastity, sanity and moderation. The
Greek novels are the first examples of lengthy prose fiction in the
Greek world, composed between the first century BCE and the fourth
century CE. Each novel is concerned with a pair of beautiful,
aristocratic lovers who undergo trials and tribulations, before a
successful resolution is reached. Bird focuses on the extant
examples of the genre (Chariton's Callirhoe, Xenophon of Ephesus'
Ephesiaca, Longus' Daphnis and Chloe, Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and
Clitophon and Heliodorus' Aethiopica), which all have the virtue of
sophrosune at their heart. As each pair of lovers strives to retain
their chastity in the face of adversity, and under extreme pressure
from eros, it is essential to understand how this virtue is
represented in the characters within each novel. Invited modes of
reading also involve sophrosune, and the author provides an
important exploration of how sophrosune in the reader is both
encouraged and undermined by these works of fiction.
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