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Human and Animal in Ancient Greece: Empathy and Encounter in Classical Literature
Tua Korhonen
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Description for Human and Animal in Ancient Greece: Empathy and Encounter in Classical Literature
Hardcover. Animals were omnipresent in the everyday life of classical Greece, and its culture was not merely anthropocentric. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFFZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
Animals were omnipresent in the everyday life and the visual arts of classical Greece. In literature, too, they had significant functions.This book discusses the role of animals - both domestic and wild - and mythological hybrid creatures in ancient Greek literature. Challenging the traditional view of the Greek anthropocentrism, the authors provide a nuanced interpretation of the classical relationship to animals. Through a close textual analysis, they highlight the emergence of the perspective of animals in Greek literature. Central to the book's enquiry is the question of empathy: investigating the ways in which ancient Greek authors invited their readers to ... Read more
Animals were omnipresent in the everyday life and the visual arts of classical Greece. In literature, too, they had significant functions.This book discusses the role of animals - both domestic and wild - and mythological hybrid creatures in ancient Greek literature. Challenging the traditional view of the Greek anthropocentrism, the authors provide a nuanced interpretation of the classical relationship to animals. Through a close textual analysis, they highlight the emergence of the perspective of animals in Greek literature. Central to the book's enquiry is the question of empathy: investigating the ways in which ancient Greek authors invited their readers to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784537616
SKU
V9781784537616
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Ref
99-5
About Tua Korhonen
Tua Korhonen is Docent of Greek Literature at the University of Helsinki and a member of the editorial board for Trace - The Finnish Journal for Human- Animal Studies.Erika Ruonakoski is University Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Jyvaskyla, and has written extensively on phenomenology and empathy with animals.
Reviews for Human and Animal in Ancient Greece: Empathy and Encounter in Classical Literature
Highly informative ... the book’s main achievement is to make the rich ancient sources on human/animal relations available to a larger audience.
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