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Author Havelock, Eric Alfred.

Title The Greek concept of justice : from its shadow in Homer to its substance in Plato / Eric A. Havelock
Published Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1978
1978

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Description ix, 382 pages ; 24 cm
Contents From Homer to Plato: the contours of the problem -- The function of epic in preliterate societies -- The psychology of rhythmic memorization -- The society reported by Homer -- Some elements of the Homeric fantasy -- The method and manner of Homeric storage -- The justice of the Iliad -- The legalities of the Odyssey -- The moralities of the Odyssey -- The justice of the Odyssey -- The justice of Hesiod: an essay in detection -- The spoken and the written word -- The early history of the verb "to be" -- The justice of Solon -- The justice of the pre-Socratics -- The justice of Aeschylus -- The justice of Herodotus -- The justice of Plato -- A philosophy of the written word
Analysis Justice Ancient Greek theories
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 367-373
Subject Justice.
LC no. 78006064
ISBN 0674362209