From villain to hero Odysseus in ancient thought /
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Ann Arbor [Mich.] :
University of Michigan Press,
c2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Setting the stage
- "Odysseus was not . . .": Antisthenes' defense of an abused hero
- Plato's Odysseus: a soldier in the soul
- Yearning for excellence: Odysseus in cynic and stoic thought
- King, friend, and flatterer: Odysseus in epicureanism and beyond
- Between contemplation and action
- Epilogue: Odysseus' virtus and thirst for knowledge in the Renaissance.