New heroes in antiquity: from Achilles to Antinoos
Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones starts from literary heroes such as Archilles and moves to the historical record of those exceptional men and women who were worshiped…
"In HOSIOS -- A Semantic Study of Greek Piety, Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates."--
"In HOSIOS -- A Semantic Study of Greek Piety, Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates."--Provided by publisher.
In Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates. Traditionally rendered as ¿́¿piety¿́¿, hosios was a key notion in Classical Greek religion and reflected a core value in Athenian democracy. Sin…
"In HOSIOS -- A Semantic Study of Greek Piety, Saskia Peels elucidates the semantics of the Ancient Greek adjective hosios and its cognates."--Provided by publisher
