by Michael Davis (Author)
Analyzes works by Homer, Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and Aristotle to reveal how the ancient Greeks portrayed and understood what the author calls 'the fully human soul'. Beginning with Homer's "Iliad", this work lays out the tension within the soul of Achilles between immortality and life.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 19 Apr 2011
ISBN 10: 0226137961
ISBN 13: 9780226137964