Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Volume 61: Issue 4
Eros the tyrant in ancient Greece
Author:
Henry J. Walker Classical and Medieval Studies, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, United States

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Pages:
353–381
Online Publication Date:
22 Dec 2022
Publication Date:
06 Apr 2023
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/068.2022.00030
Keywords:
Aphrodite; Chasm; desire; Eros; heterosexual; Himeros; homosocial; love; Ouranos; physical; tyrant; woman
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ABSTRACT

In the Theogony, Hesiod tells us that there was a primitive, loveless Eros at the beginning of the universe, but later in the poem Eros appears as the god of love and the follower of Aphrodite. Asian kings, Greek tyrants, and Athenian imperialists experienced a loveless desire for absolute power and sexual abuse, but the Greek poets celebrate Eros and Aphrodite as gods of love who bring happiness into their lives. Euripides will later question the benevolence of Eros and Aphrodite, and Plato will violently rejects all physical and sexual love. Plato imagines love as being a manifestation of the primitive loveless god of Hesiod, and he uses this nightmare to attack human love, and the Athenians, and their democracy.

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Managing Editor(s): Kisdi, Klára

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  • Tamás DEZSŐ (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
  • Miklós MARÓTH (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Avicenna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies)
  • Gyula MAYER (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Classical Philology Research Group)
  • János NAGYILLÉS (University of Szeged)
  • Lajos Zoltán SIMON (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
  • Csilla SZEKERES (University of Debrecen)
  • Kornél SZOVÁK (Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
  • Zsolt VISY (University of Pécs)

 

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  • Michael CRAWFORD (University College London, prof. em.)
  • Patricia EASTERLING (Newnham College, University of Cambridge, prof. em.)
  • László HORVÁTH (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
  • Patricia JOHNSTON (Brandeis University Boston, prof. em.)
  • Csaba LÁDA (University of Kent)
  • Herwig MAEHLER
  • Attilio MASTROCINQUE (University of Verona)
  • Zsigmond RITOÓK (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, prof. em.)

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2023  
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CiteScore 0.2
CiteScore rank Q3 (Classics)
SNIP 0.532
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SJR index 0.111
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