The Age of Grace : Charis in Early Greek Poetry /
Although "grace" in today's secular usage often connotes beauty or good manners, to the ancient Greeks it was both an aesthetic and a moral concept central to social order--a transformative power grounded in favor, thanks, repayment, delight, pleasure, and, above all, reciprocity. Her...
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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Series: | Princeton legacy library ;
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