01397nam a2200313 a 450000500170000000800200001702000150003704000060005204100100005808200140006808200130008210000230009510000150011810000110013324500210014424500330016524500220019826000100022026000250023026000090025530000110026430000140027530000090028952005810029865000350087985600850091499900150099995200690101420260119070707.02022-07-09 11:04:53  a0691069743  a1  a0 eng  a881.01938  bB718-M16  aMacLachlan, Bonnie  d(1944-...)  eAuthor  aThe age of grace  bCharis in early Greek poetry  cBonnie MacLachlan  aU.S.A  bPrinceton University  c1993  a192tr.  bHardcover  c22cm  aAlthough `grace` in today's secular usage often connotes beauty or good manners, to the ancient Greeks it was both an aesthetic and a moral concept central to social order--a transformative power grounded in favor, thanks, repayment, delight, pleasure, and, above all, reciprocity. Here Bonnie MacLachlan explores the Greek concept of grace, or charis, as depicted in poetic works from Homer to Aeschylus, to tap into the essential meaning behind the manifold uses of the term. She also relates it to other important concepts in the moral language of the eighth century B.C.E.  aGrace (Theology) in literature4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/7/9/3348309.jpgyCover Image  c8524d8524  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-8524v0.00yBK