Chapter 2 Gods, Heroes and Men

In: Pride – Sin or Virtue?
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Ricardo Parellada
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S.P. Brykczynski
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Abstract

The first two chapters of part 1 consist of a short overview of the history of classical Greece. This provides an initial vision of the great diversity of objects which can motivate our feelings and perhaps allow us to glimpse that ancient and modern languages cover concepts and values that history has only illuminated very slowly, and occasionally in very traumatic ways. Aristocratic pride in one’s blood and knowledge are well-known. The pride of Homeric heroes, the first historical form we are going to find, offers a curious relationship with varieties that tend to be considered more typical of the contemporary world, like collective pride—in this case of a class—, corporate pride and sporting pride.

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