Unveiling Emotions II: Emotions in Greece and Rome: Texts, Images, Material Culture

by Angelos Chaniotis (Editor), Pierre Ducrey (Editor)

The study of emotions has emerged as one of the most dynamic topics of research in Ancient History, Classics, and Archaeology. Studying a variety of sources (historiography, Greek and Latin poetry and oratory, the New Testament, inscriptions, medical authors, Greek vase-painting and sculpture, skeletal remains) and using different methodological approaches, the authors of this volume address a selection of questions related with the study of emotions in Greek and Roman the representation of emotion in literature and art; the arousal of emotion through texts and images; the expression of emotion through metaphor and metonymy; the display of emotions in rituals; intellectual discourse concerning specific emotions (pride, grief, fear); emotional communities; and the importance of emotions in public life, value systems, and social relations.

387 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2013

About the author

Angelos Chaniotis is Professor of Ancient History and Classics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.