The Ancient Aesthetics Of Deception: The Ethics Of Enchantment From Gorgias To Heliodorus

A bold new history of ancient aesthetics which offers a nuanced understanding of the effects, in Greek literature, of representation. It argues that the key concept of apate (meaning both 'deception' and 'aesthetic illusion') was used by writers from the Classical to the Imperial periods to entwine aesthetics with ethics.

• | By (Author): Jonas (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany) Grethlein
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 16, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 332 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1316518817
• | ISBN-13: 9781316518816