Acts Of Compassion In Greek Tragic Drama (Volume 53) (Oklahoma Series In Classical Culture)

In ancient Greece, the epics of Homer and the tragic dramas performed each spring in the Theater of Dionysus offered citizens valuable lessons concerning the necessity and proper application of compassionate action. This book is the first full-length examination of compassion (eleos or oiktos in Greek) as a dramatic theme in ancient Greek literature.

• | Author: James Franklin Johnson
• | Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 16, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 0806151668
• | ISBN-13: 9780806151663