5. I am Oedipus: Reframing the Question of Identity Πάντες ἄνθρωποι τοῦ εἰδέναι ὀρέγονται φύσει. σημεῖον δ’ἡ τῶν αἰσθήσεων ἀγάπησις· καὶ γὰρ χωρὶς τῆς χρείαςἀγαπῶνται δι’ αὑτάς, καὶ μάλιστα τῶν ἄλλων ἡ διὰ τῶνὀμμάτων. οὐ γὰρ μόνον ἵνα πράττωμεν ἀλλὰ καὶ μηθὲνμέλλοντες… Read more
Appendix 1. Cornelius Castoriadis Some interesting biographical points: Cornelius Castoriadis was born in 1922 in Constantinople (Istanbul) and died in Paris in 1997. When he was only a few months old, his family fled to Athens to escape the tragic consequences for the Greek population in Turkey… Read more
Appendix 2. Cleisthenes A classic book on the Cleisthenic reforms remains Clisthène l’ Athénien. Essai sur la représentation de l’ espace et du temps dans la pensée politique grecque de la fin du VIe siècle à la mort de Platon by Pierre Lévêque and Pierre Vidal-Naquet, published… Read more
Appendix 3. The Heroic Self I will begin by considering the heroic self, with the Iliadic Achilles as my case in point. What are the salient characteristics of Achilles’ individual distinctiveness and uniqueness in terms of psychological states, his physical presence, or bodily states? We are told… Read more
Bibliography Adkins, A. W. H. 1960. Merit and Responsibility: A Study in Greek Values. Oxford. ———. 1972. Moral Values and Political Behaviour in Ancient Greece. London. Ahrensdorf, P. J. 2009. Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy: Rationalism and Religion… Read more
Conclusion. Tradition and Innovation A single man or even a group of men who set out in the most careful way could not make even a beginning at such an oral diction. It must be the work of many poets over many generations. When one singer… Read more
Bibliography Ackermann, H. C., and J.-R. Gisler, eds. Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. Zurich: Artemis Verlag, 1981-1997. Adkins, A. W. K. “Threatening, Abusing, and Feeling Angry in the Homeric Poems.” JHS 89 (1960): 7-21. Ahlberg-Cornell, G. Myth and Epos in Early Greek Art:… Read more
About the Author Casey Dué is an associate professor of Classical Studies at the University of Houston. She holds a B.A. in Classics from Brown University, and an M.A. and Ph.D in Classical Philology from Harvard University. Her teaching and research interests include ancient Greek oral traditions,… Read more
