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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. Here Bonnie MacLachlan explores the Greek concept of grace, or chari



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*A NOTE ON USAGE, pg. xv*EDITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xvii*Chapter One. INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*Chapter Two. THE CHARIS OF ACHILLES, pg. 13*Chapter Three. THE CHARITES, pg. 41*Chapter Four. EROTIC CHARlS, pg. 56*Chapter Five. SOCIAL CHARIS, pg. 73*Chapter Six. EPINICIAN CHARIS, pg. 87*Chapter Seven. THE CHARlS OF THE ORESTE1A, pg. 124*Chapter Eight. CONCLUSION, pg. 147*Appendix 1. EURIPIDEAN CHARlS, pg. 151*Appendix 2. THE PREPOSITIONAL USE OF chi iotanu, pg. 161*GLOSSARY, pg. 165*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 167*INDEX LOCORUM ANTIQUORUM, pg. 181*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 187

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691600963, 978-0691600963
      ISBN10: 0691600961
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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. Here Bonnie MacLachlan explores the Greek concept of grace, or chari



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*A NOTE ON USAGE, pg. xv*EDITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xvii*Chapter One. INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*Chapter Two. THE CHARIS OF ACHILLES, pg. 13*Chapter Three. THE CHARITES, pg. 41*Chapter Four. EROTIC CHARlS, pg. 56*Chapter Five. SOCIAL CHARIS, pg. 73*Chapter Six. EPINICIAN CHARIS, pg. 87*Chapter Seven. THE CHARlS OF THE ORESTE1A, pg. 124*Chapter Eight. CONCLUSION, pg. 147*Appendix 1. EURIPIDEAN CHARlS, pg. 151*Appendix 2. THE PREPOSITIONAL USE OF chi iotanu, pg. 161*GLOSSARY, pg. 165*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 167*INDEX LOCORUM ANTIQUORUM, pg. 181*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 187

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