Proverbs and Wisdom-Traditions in Archaic Greek Culture

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_19208
dc.contributor.author	Ercolani Andrea
dc.title	Proverbs and Wisdom-Traditions in Archaic Greek Culture
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This contribution aims to: 1. present a quick overview of proverbs and their use in archaic Greek culture; 2. define and review the main Greek wisdom traditions; 3. show, through the analysis of some examples, how proverbs are among the main forms of expression of the sapiential traditions.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi orientali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-11-30
dc.dateAccepted	2024-03-04
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-11-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-776-0/proverbs-and-wisdom-traditions-in-archaic-greek-cu/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-777-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-776-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ancient Greek
dc.subject	Epic poetry
dc.subject	Hesiod
dc.subject	Proverbs
dc.subject	Wisdom traditions

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Proverbs and Wisdom-Traditions in Archaic Greek Culture

Andrea Ercolani Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo – ISMED-CNR, Italia

abstract

This contribution aims to: 1. present a quick overview of proverbs and their use in archaic Greek culture; 2. define and review the main Greek wisdom traditions; 3. show, through the analysis of some examples, how proverbs are among the main forms of expression of the sapiential traditions.

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Nov. 30, 2023

Accepted

March 4, 2024

Submitted

Nov. 7, 2023

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978-88-6969-777-7

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978-88-6969-776-0

Keywords: Wisdom traditions • Epic poetry • Proverbs • Ancient Greek • Hesiod

Copyright: © 2023 Andrea Ercolani. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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