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Demon Entrepreneurs: Refashioning the ‘Greek Genius’ in Modern Times

Posted By: roxul
Date: 5 Dec 2023 07:10:48
Demon Entrepreneurs: Refashioning the ‘Greek Genius’ in Modern Times

Basil C. Gounaris, "Demon Entrepreneurs: Refashioning the ‘Greek Genius’ in Modern Times"
English | ISBN: 1032185848 | 2022 | 310 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1205 KB + 45 MB

The ‘Greek genius’ appears as the combination of two stereotypes with a long pedigree: Homer’s ingenious Odysseus, triumphing with tricks over his foes, and Virgil’s ‘deceitful Odysseus’, the impostor Greek. Adamantios Korais, the leading scholar who almost single-handedly refashioned the Greek nation, fully appreciated the importance of Greek shipping and commerce, and the wealth they generated for the spread of Enlightenment ideas and the quest for political emancipation in the Greek lands.
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