From Villain to Hero Odysseus in Ancient Thought / [Recurso electrónico] :
Silvia Montiglio.
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (p. cm.)
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.