Eros and Polis
Subtitle: Desire and Community in Greek Political Theory
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780521031431
Subjects: Political science & theory; Social history; Language Arts & Disciplines; Politics / Current Events; Language; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; History & Theory - General; History-Ancient - Greece; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Political Science / History & Theory; Political; General; Greece; History; Homosexuality; Political aspects; Political science; Sex
First sentence: For many of Plato's modern readers, Aristophanes' encomium of eros is the most memorable speech in the Symposium.