From villain to hero
Subtitle: Odysseus in ancient thought
By: Silvia Montiglio
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780472117741; 9780472027507
Subjects: Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Setting the stage; title: "Odysseus was not . . .": Antisthenes' defense of an abused hero; title: Plato's Odysseus: a soldier in the soul; title: Yearning for excellence: Odysseus in cynic and stoic thought; title: King, friend, and flatterer: Odysseus in epicureanism and beyond; title: Between contemplation and action; title: Epilogue: Odysseus' virtus and thirst for knowledge in the Renaissance.