A Cultural History of the Emotions in Antiquity (The Cultural Histories Series)

This volume provides an overview of some of the salient aspects of emotions and their role in life and thought of the Greco-Roman world, from the beginnings of Greek literature and history to the height of the Roman Empire. This is a wide remit, dealing with a wide range of sources in two ancient languages, and in the full range of contexts that are covered by the format of this series. The volume's chapters survey the emotional worlds of the ancient Greeks and Romans from multiple perspectives – philosophical, scientific, medical, literary, musical, theatrical, religious, domestic, political, art-historical and historical. All chapters consider both Greek and Roman evidence, ranging from the Homeric poems to the Roman Imperial period and making extensive use of both elite and non-elite texts and documents, including those preserved on stone, papyrus and similar media, and in other forms of material culture. The volume is thus fully reflective of the latest research in the emerging discipline of ancient emotion history. Cover Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL EDITORS’ PREFACE Introduction Emotion History and the Classics EMOTIONS, PATHÊ, MOTUS ANIMI EMOTION RESEARCH IN CLASSICS ANCIENT THEORIES OF EMOTION EMOTIONS AND THE ANCIENT HISTORIAN CHAPTER ONE Medical and Scientific Understandings INTRODUCTION EMOTIONS IN HEALTH EMOTIONS AS SYMPTOMS CONCLUSION CHAPTER TWO Religion and Spirituality RITUAL EMOTIONS EPIPHANIC EMOTIONS EMOTIONS, OBJECTS, AND PERSONIFICATIONS CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER THREE Music and Dance MUSIC AND EMOTIONS IN GREEK ANTIQUITY MUSIC AND EMOTIONS IN ROMAN ANTIQUITY CHAPTER FOUR Drama INTRODUCTION GREEK TRAGEDY OLD COMEDY NEW COMEDY ROMAN TRAGEDY CHAPTER FIVE The Visual Arts EMBODIED EMOTIONS: MAKING INNER STATES VISIBLE GENDER AND STATUS: THE CASE OF GRIEF AND MOURNING AFFECTS AND ATTITUDES: THE MANY FACES OF LOVE THE EMOTIVE POWER OF IMAGES: THE SUFFERING “OTHER” CONCLUSION CHAPTER SIX Literature CHAPTER SEVEN In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community INTRODUCTION FAMILIAL AFFECTION HUSBANDS AND WIVES: LOVE, DESIRE, AND JEALOUSY LETTERS: AFFECTION, CONCERN, AND WORRY APPEALING TO THE GODS: FEAR AND GRATITUDE GRIEF AND CONDOLENCE FAMILY DISPUTES AND SIBLING RIVALRY: ANGER AND HATE CONCLUSION CHAPTER EIGHT In Public: Collectivities and Polities THE GREEK WORLD THE ROMAN WORLD CONCLUSION NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS NOTES REFERENCES INDEX A Cultural History Of The Emotions' Explores How Emotions Have Changed Over The Course Of Human History, As Well As How Emotions Have Themselves Created And Changed History. Emotions Underpin Our Everyday Lives And Shape Our Mental, Physical And Social Well-being. Volume 1 -- In Antiquity. -- Volume 2 -- In The Medieval Age. -- Volume 3 -- In The Late-medieval, Reformation,and Renaissance Age. -- Volume 4 -- In The Baroque And Enlightenment Age. -- Volume 5 -- In The Age Of Romanticism, Revolution, And Empire. -- Volume 6 -- In The Modern And Post-modern Age. General Editors : Susan Broomhall, Jane W. Davidson And Andrew Lynch ; Edited By Douglas Cairns ; Andrew Lynch, Susan Broomhall ; Juanita Feros Ruys, Clare Mongale ; Claire Walker, Katie Barclay, David Lemmings ; Susan J. Matt ; Jane W. Davidson And Joy Damousi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.