Homeric morality / / by Naoko Yamagata.
Homeric Morality is an attempt to answer two questions: whether or not the Homeric gods are concerned with 'justice' in human society, and what mechanism controls the social behaviour of Homeric man. It shows that the gods distribute good and bad fortune to men not in response to their mor...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 131 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden [Netherlands] ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994. |
| Year of Publication: | 1994 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, Supplements
131. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Naoko Yamagata
- Moral functions attributed to the gods / Naoko Yamagata
- The fall of Troy / Naoko Yamagata
- The death of the suitors / Naoko Yamagata
- Phoenix’s allegory / Naoko Yamagata
- The rainstorm of Zeus – δίκη and θέμις / Naoko Yamagata
- Divine anger and morality / Naoko Yamagata
- Fate, gods, and men / Naoko Yamagata
- Honour and revenge / Naoko Yamagata
- Forces that restrain human behaviour / Naoko Yamagata
- Good and bad / Naoko Yamagata
- Seemly and unseemly / Naoko Yamagata
- Conclusion / Naoko Yamagata
- Bibliography / Naoko Yamagata
- General Index / Naoko Yamagata
- Index of passages cited / Naoko Yamagata
- Supplements to Mnemosyne.