Honor
70 books featuring this theme
Honor is socially recognized worth measured by reputation and conduct. It regulates behavior through praise, shame, and sanctioned retaliation.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
Mahabharata
Vyasa
200 BCE-400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Poetic Edda
Anonymous
1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
The Song of Roland
Anonymous
1100-1150 CE
Germanic, Old French
The Mabinogion
Anonymous
1100-1410 CE
Celtic, Welsh
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous
900-1000 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Völsunga saga
Anonymous
1250-1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Story of Sinuhe
Anonymous
1900-1800 BCE
Egyptian
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Anonymous
1300-1400 CE
Germanic, English
Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Electra
Sophocles
420-410 BCE
Greek
Hippolytus
Euripides
428 BCE
Greek
Trojan Women
Euripides
415 BCE
Greek
The Tale of Igor's Campaign
Anonymous
1185-1200 CE
Slavic
Y Gododdin
Aneirin
600-1200 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus
1185-1222 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ragnars saga loðbrókar
Anonymous
1270-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Suppliants (Aeschylus)
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek
Ajax
Sophocles
450 BCE
Greek
Hecuba
Euripides
424 BCE
Greek
Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides
405 BCE
Greek