Paideia and Performance Selected Essays from the 7th Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Hellenic Heritage of Sicily and Southern Italy

• Main Author: Reid, Heather L. (auth)
• Other Authors: Ralkowski, Mark (auth), Curcio, Henry C. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Parnassos Press - Fonte Aretusa 2023
• Subjects: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Philosophy; Language & Literature
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Paideia is a word that signifies education or culture-two concepts that are only apparently distinct in Ancient Greek thinking. The performance of poetry, philosophy, rhetoric, drama, dance, and even athletics functioned simultaneously as education and culture. They entertained and unified communiti...