William Wians

Logos and Muthos: Philosophical Essays in Greek Literature William Wians

Marc Notes: Originally published: 2009.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; These essays reveal a dynamic range of interactions, reactions, tensions, and ambiguities, showing how Greek literary creations impacted and provided the background against which Greek philosophy arose in more intricate and complex ways than previously believed. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Muthos to ... / William Wians -- Part I. Homer and the Philosophers -- 1. Archaic Knowledge / J. H. Lesher -- 2. Homer's Challenge to Philosophical Psychology / Fred D. Miller Jr. -- 3. Aletheia from Poetry into Philosophy: Homer to Parmenides / Rose Cherubin -- 4. No Second Troy: Imagining Helen in Greek Antiquity / Ramona Naddaff -- 5. Allegory and the Origins of Philosophy / Gerard Naddaf -- 6. Philosophical Readings of Homer: Ancient and Contemporary Insights / Catherine Collobert -- Part II. Philosophy and Tragedy -- 7. Violence and Vulnerability in Aeschylus's Suppliants / Sara Brill -- 8. The Agamemnon and Human Knowledge / William Wians -- 9. Poetic Peitho as Original Speech / P. Christopher Smith -- 10. Luck and Virtue in Pindar, Aeschylus, and Sophocles / C. D. C. Reeve -- 11. Sophocles' Humanism / Paul Woodruff -- 12. The Fake That Launched a Thousand Ships: The Question of Identity in Euripides' Helen / Michael Davis -- About the Contributors -- Index of Names. Publisher Marketing: These essays reveal a dynamic range of interactions, reactions, tensions, and ambiguities, showing how Greek literary creations impacted and provided the background against which Greek philosophy arose in more intricate and complex ways than previously believed. Review Citations: Choice 05/01/2010 (EAN 9781438427355, Hardcover) Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 2 (EAN 9781438427355, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Wians, William William Wians is Professor of Philosophy at Merrimack College and editor of Aristotle's Philosophical Development: Problems and Prospects.