Ebook: From Villain to Hero: Odysseus in Ancient Thought

Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: "Odysseus was not . . .": Antisthenes' Defense of an Abused Hero; Chapter Two: Plato's Odysseus: A Soldier in the Soul; Chapter Three: Yearning for Excellence: Odysseus in Cynic and Stoic Thought; Chapter Four: King, Friend, and Flatterer: Odysseus in Epicureanism and Beyond; Chapter Five: Between Contemplation and Action; Epilogue: Odysseus' Virtus and Thirst for Knowledge in the Renaissance; Notes; Bibliography; Indexes; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Greek Words; General Index.