Sophrosyne and the rhetoric of self-restraint : : polysemy & persuasive use of an ancient Greek value term / / by Adriaan Rademaker.

While of paramount importance to Ancient Greek society, sophrosyne , the value of self-restraint, constitutes a notoriously complex concept, and provides the speaker of Ancient Greek with a subtle instrument for verbal persuasion. This study provides a new description of the semantics of sophrosyne...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 259
:
Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 259.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
Notes:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2004.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!