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The Resource Ancient anger : perspectives from Homer to Galen, edited for the Department of Classics by Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most

Ancient anger : perspectives from Homer to Galen, edited for the Department of Classics by Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most

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Summary
"This volume brings together a number of significant new studies, by authors from different disciplines and countries, on literary, philosophical, medical, and political aspects of ancient anger from Homer until the Roman imperial period. It studies some of the most important ancient sources and provides a paradigmatic selection of approaches to them, and should stimulate further research on this important subject in a number of fields."--BOOK JACKET
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
x, 325 p.
Note
Spine title: Yale classical studies, Volume XXXII
Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction/
  • Susanna Braund
  • Glenn W. Most
  • p. 1
  • 1.
  • Ethics, ethology, terminology: Iliadic anger and the cross-cultural study of emotion/
  • D. L. Cairns
  • p. 11
  • 2.
  • Anger and pity in Homer's Iliad/
  • Glenn W. Most
  • p. 50
  • 3.
  • Angry bees, wasps, and jurors: the symbolic politics of [orge] in Athens/
  • D. S. Allen
  • p. 76
  • 4.
  • Aristotle on anger and the emotions: the strategies of status/
  • David Konstan
  • p. 99
  • 5.
  • rage of women/
  • W. V. Harris
  • p. 121
  • 6.
  • Thumos as masculine ideal and social pathology in ancient Greek magical spells/
  • Christopher A. Faraone
  • p. 144
  • 7.
  • Anger and gender in Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe/
  • J. H. D. Scourfield
  • p. 163
  • 8.
  • "Your mother nursed you with bile": anger in babies and small children/
  • Ann Ellis Hanson
  • p. 185
  • 9.
  • Reactive and objective attitudes: anger in Virgil's Aeneid and Hellenistic philosophy/
  • Christopher Gill
  • p. 208
  • 10.
  • angry poet and the angry gods: problems and theodicy in Lucan's epic of defeat/
  • Elaine Fantham
  • p. 229
  • 11.
  • ABC of epic ira: anger, beats, and cannibalism/
  • Susanna Braund
  • Giles Gilbert
  • p. 250
  • References.
  • p. 286
  • Index of passages cited.
  • p. 306
  • Index of proper names.
  • p. 314
  • Index of topics.
  • p. 321
Isbn
9780521826259
Instance
Label
Ancient anger : perspectives from Homer to Galen
Title
Ancient anger
Title remainder
perspectives from Homer to Galen
Statement of responsibility
edited for the Department of Classics by Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This volume brings together a number of significant new studies, by authors from different disciplines and countries, on literary, philosophical, medical, and political aspects of ancient anger from Homer until the Roman imperial period. It studies some of the most important ancient sources and provides a paradigmatic selection of approaches to them, and should stimulate further research on this important subject in a number of fields."--BOOK JACKET
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  • Braund, Susanna Morton
  • Most, Glenn W
Series statement
Yale classical studies
Series volume
32
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  • Classical literature
  • Anger in literature
  • Anger
  • Anger
Label
Ancient anger : perspectives from Homer to Galen, edited for the Department of Classics by Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most
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Publication
Note
Spine title: Yale classical studies, Volume XXXII
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-305) and indexes
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Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction/
  • Susanna Braund
  • Glenn W. Most
  • p. 1
  • 1.
  • Ethics, ethology, terminology: Iliadic anger and the cross-cultural study of emotion/
  • D. L. Cairns
  • p. 11
  • 2.
  • Anger and pity in Homer's Iliad/
  • Glenn W. Most
  • p. 50
  • 3.
  • Angry bees, wasps, and jurors: the symbolic politics of [orge] in Athens/
  • D. S. Allen
  • p. 76
  • 4.
  • Aristotle on anger and the emotions: the strategies of status/
  • David Konstan
  • p. 99
  • 5.
  • rage of women/
  • W. V. Harris
  • p. 121
  • 6.
  • Thumos as masculine ideal and social pathology in ancient Greek magical spells/
  • Christopher A. Faraone
  • p. 144
  • 7.
  • Anger and gender in Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe/
  • J. H. D. Scourfield
  • p. 163
  • 8.
  • "Your mother nursed you with bile": anger in babies and small children/
  • Ann Ellis Hanson
  • p. 185
  • 9.
  • Reactive and objective attitudes: anger in Virgil's Aeneid and Hellenistic philosophy/
  • Christopher Gill
  • p. 208
  • 10.
  • angry poet and the angry gods: problems and theodicy in Lucan's epic of defeat/
  • Elaine Fantham
  • p. 229
  • 11.
  • ABC of epic ira: anger, beats, and cannibalism/
  • Susanna Braund
  • Giles Gilbert
  • p. 250
  • References.
  • p. 286
  • Index of passages cited.
  • p. 306
  • Index of proper names.
  • p. 314
  • Index of topics.
  • p. 321
Control code
982003051550
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 325 p.
Isbn
9780521826259
Lccn
2003051550
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Ancient anger : perspectives from Homer to Galen, edited for the Department of Classics by Susanna Braund and Glenn W. Most
Publication
Note
Spine title: Yale classical studies, Volume XXXII
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-305) and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction/
  • Susanna Braund
  • Glenn W. Most
  • p. 1
  • 1.
  • Ethics, ethology, terminology: Iliadic anger and the cross-cultural study of emotion/
  • D. L. Cairns
  • p. 11
  • 2.
  • Anger and pity in Homer's Iliad/
  • Glenn W. Most
  • p. 50
  • 3.
  • Angry bees, wasps, and jurors: the symbolic politics of [orge] in Athens/
  • D. S. Allen
  • p. 76
  • 4.
  • Aristotle on anger and the emotions: the strategies of status/
  • David Konstan
  • p. 99
  • 5.
  • rage of women/
  • W. V. Harris
  • p. 121
  • 6.
  • Thumos as masculine ideal and social pathology in ancient Greek magical spells/
  • Christopher A. Faraone
  • p. 144
  • 7.
  • Anger and gender in Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe/
  • J. H. D. Scourfield
  • p. 163
  • 8.
  • "Your mother nursed you with bile": anger in babies and small children/
  • Ann Ellis Hanson
  • p. 185
  • 9.
  • Reactive and objective attitudes: anger in Virgil's Aeneid and Hellenistic philosophy/
  • Christopher Gill
  • p. 208
  • 10.
  • angry poet and the angry gods: problems and theodicy in Lucan's epic of defeat/
  • Elaine Fantham
  • p. 229
  • 11.
  • ABC of epic ira: anger, beats, and cannibalism/
  • Susanna Braund
  • Giles Gilbert
  • p. 250
  • References.
  • p. 286
  • Index of passages cited.
  • p. 306
  • Index of proper names.
  • p. 314
  • Index of topics.
  • p. 321
Control code
982003051550
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 325 p.
Isbn
9780521826259
Lccn
2003051550
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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