JOURNAL ARTICLE

Love Otherwise: Pseudo-Demosthenes' Erōtikos and the Aesthetics of Erōs.

  • Published In: TAPA, 2023, v. 153, n. 1. P. 85 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Shirazi, Ava 3 of 3

Abstract

Pseudo-Demosthenes' Erōtikos is often regarded as a generic exercise in erotic discourse, resulting in few analyses of the text. I offer a reappraisal of the speech, arguing that this overlooked work creatively incorporates, and at times reorients, fourth-century and even earlier discourses on erōs. The text, I show, offers us important insights into conversations around embodied beauty and visuality in circulation at its time. I then read the text in relation to its brief treatment in Foucault's History of Sexuality , suggesting that the Erōtikos ' subtle attentiveness to the beloved's bios could be put into conversation with Foucault's notion of the aesthetics of existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:TAPA. 2023/03, Vol. 153, Issue 1, p85
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:2575-7180
  • DOI:10.1353/apa.2023.a901017
  • Accession Number:164913880
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