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Cheiron's Way

Youthful Education in Homer and Tragedy

By: Justina Gregory

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Cheiron's Way

Youthful Education in Homer and Tragedy

By: Justina Gregory

This book studies the social and ethical formation of youthful figures in Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides. Every fictional character comes with a past attached, a presumed personal history that is both implicit and explicit; for the youthful heroes and heroines of epic and tragedy, early education figures significantly in that past. Cheiron's Way takes as its point of departure the words of Homer's Phoenix to Achilles, who claims, "I made you the man you are" as he pleads with his former pupil to let go of his anger. The book begins by exploring topics relevant to heroic and tragic education: age classes, rites of passage, verbal modes of instruction, social conditioning, mentoring, peer role models, and the controversial balance between nature and nurture. It introduces the first teacher in the Greek tradition, Cheiron the centaur, who founded a school for young heroes in his Thessalian cave and instructed Achilles, Jason, and others with mixed success. Next it turns to the Iliadic Achilles, who achieves maturity by way of successive crises-a crisis of disillusionment with the assumptions that shaped his heroic education, followed by a crisis of empathy for his adversary-and who becomes an influential prototype for tragedy. Examination of the Odyssey suggests that while Odysseus received a normative heroic upbringing and Nausicaa internalizes social expectations for young women, Telemachus is more of an outlier. In tragic representations of education Sophocles' Ajax and Neoptolemus replicate the Achillean pattern only partially and unsuccessfully, as does Euripides' Hippolytus; only Achilles and Iphigenia in Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis achieve an emotional maturity commensurate with the Iliadic Achilles'. Yet all these texts confirm, as elegantly argued in this book, the perennial lure, despite uncertain results, of the educational enterprise for communities, students, and teachers.

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0190857900

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Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

By: Justina Gregory

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Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

By: Justina Gregory

Political by its very nature, Greek tragedy reflects on how life should be lived in the polis, and especially the polis that was democratic Athens. Instructional as well, drama frequently concerns itself with the audience's moral education. Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians draws on these political and didactic functions of tragedy for a close analysis of five plays: Alcestis, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Heracles, and Trojan Women. Clearly written and persuasively argued, this volume addresses itself to all who are interested in Greek tragedy. Nonspecialists and scholars alike will deepen their understanding of this complex writer and the tumultuous period in which he lived. ". . . a lucid presentation of the positive side of Euripidean tragedy, and a thoughtful reminder of the political implications of Greek tragedy." --American Journal of Philology ". . . the principal defect of [this] otherwise excellent study is that it is too short." --Erich Segal, Classical Review ". . . a most stimulating book throughout . . . ." --Greece and Rome Justina Gregory is Professor of Classics, Smith College, where she is head of the department. She has been the recipient of Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson fellowships.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472027700

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Cheiron's Way

Youthful Education in Homer and Tragedy

By: Justina Gregory

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Cheiron's Way

Youthful Education in Homer and Tragedy

By: Justina Gregory

This book studies the social and ethical formation of youthful characters in Greek epic and tragedy. It investigates Cheiron the Centaur, ancient Greece's first teacher; traces the influential trajectory of the Iliadic Achilles; and offers readings of the Odyssey, Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes, and Euripides' Hippolytus and Iphigenia in Aulis.

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0190857889

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Moravian Soundscapes

A Sonic History of the Moravian Missions in Early Pennsylvania

By: Sarah Justina Eyerly

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Moravian Soundscapes

A Sonic History of the Moravian Missions in Early Pennsylvania

By: Sarah Justina Eyerly

In Moravian Soundscapes, Sarah Eyerly contends that the study of sound is integral to understanding the interactions between German Moravian missionaries and Native communities in early Pennsylvania. In the mid-18th century, when the frontier between settler and Native communities was a shifting spatial and cultural borderland, sound mattered. People listened carefully to each other and the world around them. In Moravian communities, cultures of hearing and listening encompassed and also superseded musical traditions such as song and hymnody. Complex biophonic, geophonic, and anthrophonic acoustic environments—or soundscapes—characterized daily life in Moravian settlements such as Bethlehem, Nain, Gnadenhütten, and Friedenshütten. Through detailed analyses and historically informed recreations of Moravian communal, environmental, and religious soundscapes and their attendant hymn traditions, Moravian Soundscapes explores how sounds—musical and nonmusical, human and nonhuman—shaped the Moravians' religious culture. Combined with access to an interactive website that immerses the reader in mid-18th century Pennsylvania, and framed with an autobiographical narrative, Moravian Soundscapes recovers the roles of sound and music in Moravian communities and provides a road map for similar studies of other places and religious traditions in the future.

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Indiana University Press

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0253047757

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9780253047755

Like Falling Rain

By: Justina Wheelock

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Like Falling Rain

By: Justina Wheelock

FROM THE GRAVIER FAMILY SERIES LIKE FALLING RAIN JUSTINA WHEELOCK HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS . . . U.S. Air Marshal Nicole Williams felt emotionally secure. Security specialist Phillip Gravier would force her to bring her emotions down to earth. The magnetic pull between them pulled Nicole off course and pulled down the years of defenses she built around her heart. Nicole was also a former Marine and she'd need all her past warfare training to manage Phillip's sometimes demanding personality. DOWNPOUR OF ROMANCE . . . Phillip quickly learned that beneath the tough persona of a family friend so much vulnerability existed. Phillip found Nicole challenging and he loved getting under her beautiful brown skin. With patience and time, Phillip wins Nicole's complete trust by tempering his own desires. Fate steps in with a cruel twist. Phillip must fight to regain the trust of the woman who may not remember more than his name.

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1438936109

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A Companion to Greek Tragedy

By: Justina Gregory

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A Companion to Greek Tragedy

By: Justina Gregory

The Blackwell Companion to Greek Tragedy provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy, and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. Comprises 31 original essays by an international cast of contributors, including up-and-coming as well as distinguished senior scholars Pays attention to socio-political, textual, and performance aspects of Greek tragedy All ancient Greek is transliterated and translated, and technical terms are explained as they appear Includes suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and a generous and informative combined bibliography

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John Wiley & Sons

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1405175494

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A Companion to Greek Tragedy

By: Justina Gregory

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Blood & Fury

By: Tessa Gratton,Justina Ireland

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Blood & Fury

By: Tessa Gratton,Justina Ireland

Bloody magic. Ancient fury. Prepare for the gripping conclusion to the Chaos & Flame saga, the "fast-paced, action-filled fantasy that reads like a mix of Game of Thrones and Avatar: The Last Airbender" (BCCB) from two beloved New York Times bestselling authors. A single kiss set Chaos ablaze. Picking up months after betrayal transformed Darling Seabreak into the long-lost Phoenix and every House regent into their empyreal form, Darling struggles to make sense of her destiny as a legendary creature. How can she, an orphan with no family, be the one to reunite the fractured houses and bring about peace, if she can't control the magic of her new Phoenix body? Talon Goldhoard, still in love with Darling but wounded by her betrayal, is tasked with ending the vicious war that his family instigated. With the Phoenix reborn, Talon is hopeful that the bloodshed will end swiftly. Instead, the kingdom grows more fraught, with the threat of violence ever present – especially from dark, conniving forces within the walls of his own House Dragon. As Chaos reigns, Talon and Darling must find their way back to each other – not only to survive but to save the kingdom. Can Darling harness the power of the ancient magic that runs through her blood to bring about a new peace? Or will the fury that House Dragon fueled for a hundred-year war be too strong to break?

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Penguin

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0593353366

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9780593353363

Living Next Door to the God of Love

A Novel

By: Justina Robson

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Living Next Door to the God of Love

A Novel

By: Justina Robson

Where do you run when a world is out to get you? AIs, Forged beings, superheroes, angels, and worlds that change in the blink of an eye—here is a richly imagined tale of ordinary redemption in an extraordinary world from one of the most provocative writers working today. . . . Francine is a young runaway looking to find a definition of love she can trust. In Sankhara, she finds a palace where rooms are made of bone, flowers, and the hearts of heroes. She finds a scientist mapping the territory of the human mind. She finds a boyfriend. And she finds Eros itself—incarnated in the androgynously irresistible form of Jalaeka. But not everyone is in love with the god of love. Unity, for one, wants to assimilate Jalaeka along with every other soul in the universe. And contrary to what everyone always believes, love alone can’t save the day. It will take something both more and less powerful than the human heart to save the worlds upon worlds at risk when gods collide. “For Robson, world-building is a literary device like any other, useful for exposing buried fears and desires to the light of day, no matter how strange the sun.”—New York Times Book Review

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Spectra

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0553902490

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Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

By: Justina Gregory

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Cheiron's Way

Cheiron's Way

Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

Cheiron's Way

Cheiron's Way

Moravian Soundscapes

Moravian Soundscapes

Like Falling Rain

Like Falling Rain

A Companion to Greek Tragedy

A Companion to Greek Tragedy

A Companion to Greek Tragedy

A Companion to Greek Tragedy

Blood & Fury

Blood & Fury

Living Next Door to the God of Love

Living Next Door to the God of Love

Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

Euripides and the Instruction of the Athenians

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