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Ancient anger [electronic resource] : perspectives from Homer to Galen / [edited by] Susanna Morton Braund, Glenn W. Most.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Yale classical studies ; v. 32.Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (x, 325 pages)ISBN:
  • 0511164556 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
  • 9780511164552 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient anger.DDC classification:
  • 880.09 22
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Ethics, ethology, terminology: Iliadic anger and the cross-cultural study of emotion; Chapter 2 Anger and pity in Homer's Iliad; Chapter 3 Angry bees, wasps, and jurors: the symbolic politics of ... in Athens; Chapter 4 Aristotle on anger and the emotions: the strategies of status; Chapter 5 The rage of women; Chapter 6 Thumos as masculine ideal and social pathology in ancient Greek magical spells; Chapter 7 Anger and gender in Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe.
Summary: Anger is found everywhere in the ancient world, starting with the very first word of the Iliad and continuing through all literary genres and every aspect of public and private life. This volume brings together several significant new studies on literary, philosophical, medical, and political aspects of ancient anger.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-305) and indexes.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Ethics, ethology, terminology: Iliadic anger and the cross-cultural study of emotion; Chapter 2 Anger and pity in Homer's Iliad; Chapter 3 Angry bees, wasps, and jurors: the symbolic politics of ... in Athens; Chapter 4 Aristotle on anger and the emotions: the strategies of status; Chapter 5 The rage of women; Chapter 6 Thumos as masculine ideal and social pathology in ancient Greek magical spells; Chapter 7 Anger and gender in Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe.

Anger is found everywhere in the ancient world, starting with the very first word of the Iliad and continuing through all literary genres and every aspect of public and private life. This volume brings together several significant new studies on literary, philosophical, medical, and political aspects of ancient anger.

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