2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Study of kalos thanatos in Ancient Greece

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520284
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	European literature (English literature excluded)
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	YOSHITAKE Sumio Nagoya University, 文学研究科, 准教授 (70254729)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	西洋古典学 / 死生学
Research Abstract	This study has clarified that the concept of kalos thanatos kept its principal meaning throughout as Tyrtaeus had originally defiened it on the one hand, while it acquired various new meanings towords the classical period on the other. The significance of the concept was most lively explored in the genre of Greek Tragedy, wherein we can observe the essence of the history of the Greek view of life and death, their heroism, and their ethical thought.

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