Play and Aesthetics in Ancient Greece
Author:   Stephen E. Kidd (Brown University, Rhode Island)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   244
Publication Date:   09 May 2019
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Author:   Stephen E. Kidd (Brown University, Rhode Island)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781108492072


ISBN 10:   110849207
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   09 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Pais of Paizō: children, intoxication, and play in ancient psycho-physiology; 2. Why Plato needs play; 3. Plato's play and the tragic paradox; 4. What do pleasure-objects do? An inquiry into toys; 5. Aristotle's demotion of play; 6. Play vs. mimesis in Aristotle's aesthetics; 7. Serious play as goal-oriented play; 8. The value of serious things before and after death; Conclusions: toward a pleasure-model of play; Bibliography; Index.

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Stephen E. Kidd is Robert Gale Noyes Assistant Professor of Classics at Brown University, Rhode Island, where his work focuses on ancient Greek literature and culture, especially that of the classical period. He is the author of Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy (Cambridge, 2014) as well as articles on the meanings of Greek words, ancient games, science, and what Herodotus has to say about virtual worlds.

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