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Sophrosyne and the Rhetoric of Self-Restraint
Polysemy & Persuasive Use of an Ancient Greek Value Term
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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 in Archaic and Classical Greek, based on a model from the field of cognitive linguistics. Besides, the volume shows how such a semantic description can contribute to the analysis and study of our sources: it investigates how speakers in our texts (ab)use the term to achieve their ends, covering most of the main texts, and culminating in a chapter on the dialogues of Plato.
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- Academic > Literature > Collections of general literature > Wit and humor > By region or country
- Academic > Literature > Classical literature > Greek literature > Individual authors Including:
- Academic > Literature > Collections of general literature > Orations
- Academic > Languages and Linguistics > Greek philology and language
- Philosophy > Western
- Literary Criticism > Ancient & Classical
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1433703831
9781433703836
9789004142510