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Sophrosune in the Greek Novel - Reading Reactions to Desire (Hardcover)
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Sophrosune in the Greek Novel - Reading Reactions to Desire (Hardcover)
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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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