Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks [electronic resource] /
Meineck, P.editor.
Konstan, D.editor.
This ground-breaking book applies trauma studies to the drama and literature of the ancient Greeks. Diverse essays explore how the Greeks responded to war and if what we now term "combat trauma," "post-traumatic stress," or "combat stress injury" can be discerned in ancient Greek culture.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction Combat Trauma: The Missing Diagnosis in Ancient Greece?; CHAPTER ONE War and the City: The Brutality of War and Its Impact on the Community; CHAPTER TWO Phaeacian Therapy in Homer's Odyssey*; CHAPTER THREE Women after War: Weaving Nostos in Homeric Epic and in the Twenty-First Century; CHAPTER FOUR "Ravished Minds" in the Ancient World; CHAPTER FIVE Beyond the Universal Soldier: Combat Trauma in Classical Antiquity; CHAPTER SIX Socrates in Combat:; CHAPTER SEVEN The Memory of Greek Battle:
CHAPTER EIGHT Women and War in TragedyCHAPTER NINE "He Gave Me His Hand but Took My Bow":*Trust and Trustworthiness in the Philoctetes and Our Wars; CHAPTER TEN Combat Trauma in Athenian Comedy: The Dog That Didn't Bark; CHAPTER ELEVEN The Battered Shield: Survivor Guilt and Family Trauma in Menander's Aspis; CHAPTER TWELVE When War Is Performed, What Do Soldiers and Veterans Want to Hear and See and Why?; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Performing Memory: In the Mind and on the Public Stage*; List of Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This ground-breaking book applies trauma studies to the drama and literature of the ancient Greeks. Diverse essays explore how the Greeks responded to war and if what we now term "combat trauma," "post-traumatic stress," or "combat stress injury" can be discerned in ancient Greek culture.
Classical literature.
Literature-History and criticism.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Philology.
Europe-History-To 476.
Literature-Philosophy.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Literary History.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Classical Studies.
History of Ancient Europe.
Literary Theory.