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К ВОПРОСУ О ЗНАЧЕНИИ ТЕРМИНА HYBRIS В АРХАИЧЕСКИЙ ПЕРИОД
THE TERM HYBRIS IN ARCHAIC GREECE

Author(s): Sergey Shevtsov
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: hybris, etymology, legal, archaic, poetry, culture, conduct.

Summary/Abstract: Do modern languages capture the true meaning of the Archaic Greek term hybris? Scholarly opinions vary a great deal and interpretations of the relevant texts (from Homer to Pindar) are still problematic. Based on the analysis provided, I offer a new hypothesis regarding the relation between the term and the first element in the binary opposition of nature / culture suggested by Claude Lévi-Strauss. To my mind the numerous meanings of hybris can be ultimately combined into the idea of “behavior related to nature and opposed to culture”.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 399-417
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Russian