Beschreibung
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 culture: 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.
Autorenportrait
Angelos Chaniotis, Studium in Athen und Heidelberg, Promotion 1984, Habilitation 1992, arbeitete als Professor für Alte Geschichte in New York, Heidelberg und Oxford. Seit 2010 ist er am Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Griechische Geschichte und Epigraphik, Antike Religionsgeschichte.
