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Sophrosyne and the Rhetoric of Self Restraint: Polysemy and 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.
Request Code : ZLIBIO410328
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Year:
2004
Publisher:
Brill Academic Publishers
Language:
English
Pages:
392
ISBN 10:
9004142517
ISBN 13:
9789004142510
ISBN:
9004142517,9789004142510
Series:
Mnemosyne Supplements 259

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