| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum,
0169-8958 ;
216
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 216.
0169-8958
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Greek Fable -- Definition and Characteristics of the Greek Fable -- History and Function of the Greek Fable -- Term 'Aesopic' -- History and Function of the Greek Fable: The Archaic and Classical Periods -- History and Function of the Greek Fable: From the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity -- Ethics of the Greek Fable -- Scholarly Approaches to the Ethical Content of the Greek Fable -- Theoretical Perspectives and the Project of this Book -- Conflict in the Augustana Fables -- Agon in the Augustana -- Theme of the Agon in Greece -- Agon in the Augustana -- Lessons on Survival -- Fulfilment of Personal Interest -- Need for Immediate Action and the Issue of [characters not reproducible] -- Custom -- Learning through Suffering and the Theme of Toil -- Learning through Suffering -- Theme of Toil -- Respect Your Limits -- Reciprocity in the Augustana -- Norm of Reciprocity -- Reciprocity in the Augustana -- Amicable Reciprocity: Friendship and Alliances -- Political Fables -- Reciprocity and Economic Life -- Hostile Reciprocity -- Factors that Control the Function of Positive Reciprocity -- Justice -- Internalized Sanctions -- Internalized Sanctions: Gratitude -- External Sanctions: Supplication and Respect of the Suppliants -- External Sanctions: Divine Punishment and Other Non-Human Forces (Fate, Chance) -- External Sanctions: The Power of Others -- Fable as a Form of Ethical Reasoning -- Inner Qualities in the Augustana -- Inner Qualities with Disastrous Effects. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aesop's fables.
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Aesop's fables. |
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Aesop -- Influence.
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Aesop. |
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Aesop's fables. |
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Fables, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Fables, Greek. |
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Ethics, Ancient, in literature.
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Ethics, Ancient, in literature. |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zafiropoulos, Christos A. Ethics in Aesop's fables. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2001 (DLC) 2001018449 (OCoLC)45821167 |
| ISBN |
9004351043 |
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9789004351042 (electronic book) |
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9004118675 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004118676 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004351042. |
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