Athena's Disguises: Mentors in Everyday Life

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Westminster John Knox Press, 1. 1. 1998 - 164 strán (strany)

In Athena's Disguises, Susan Wiltshire offers a classical model of the mentor that guides us and provides opportunities for understanding and for the exchange of wisdom. This book seeks to show that a mentor is a gift who ultimately gives us ourselves.

 

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The Ways of Athena
1
The Attentive Elder
8
Family Members
32
When the Young Point the Way
43
The Saving Grace of Art
50
The Chance Encounter
68
Friends
73
Politics as Work for the World
84
Communities as Mentors
114
Hospitality to Strangers
118
Time to Be Available
125
The Journey Continues
131
Sources
137
Acknowledgments
143
Index of Names and Subjects
145
Index of Passages from the Odyssey 149

Instrumental Mentoring
104

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Susan Ford Wiltshire is Professor of Classics and Chair of the Department of Classical Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

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