{"product_id":"the-age-of-grace-9780691600963","title":"The Age of Grace","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough \"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403937653079,"sku":"9780691600963","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691600963.jpg?v=1730484939","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-age-of-grace-9780691600963","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}