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Lisa Atwood Wilkinson Socratic Charis (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

The author surveys literature concerning the predominance of agonal in ancient Greek culture, the values associated with oral poetic performance as a religious practice, and the ubiquitous character of the gift practice known as xenia in the ancient world.

Socratic Charis – 9780739167175

ISBN-13: 9780739167175, 978-0739167175. This book explores the possibility that Platos philosophia is influenced by non-agonal practices and values that historically and philosophically antedate the agonal practices of the Athenian ekklesia.