PERSONALITY IN GREEK EPIC, TRAGEDY, AND PHILOSOPHY. The Self in Dialogue.

First paperback edition, first printing. Publisher's original red illustrated covers with titles in white. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh, with just a little rubbing to the extremities. The contents, with a touch of toning to the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

Originally released in hardcover format in 1996. 'This is a major study of conceptions of selfhood and personality in Homer, Greek tragedy, and philosophy. The focus in on norms of personality in Greek psychology and ethics. The key thesis is that to understand Greek thinking of this type we need to counteract the subjective and individualistic aspects of our own thinking about the self. [...] The book is an original contribution to the history of ideas of personality and the self and also offers sustained analysis and new interpretations of a number of important topics in Greek philosophy and literature' (publisher's blurb).