Unveiling emotions ed. by Angelos Chaniotis ; [1]: Sources and methods for the study of emotions in the Greek world Klappentext: This volume presents the first results of research conducted on The Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions: The Greek Paradigm by a research group in Oxford funded by the European Research Council. The project aims at contributing to a better understanding of the social and cultural factors that determine the manifestation of emotions in texts (papyri inscriptions literary sources) and in the material evidence from the Greek and Greek speaking world (c. 800 BCE c. 600 CE). The four introductory chapters address problems in the study of emotions in antiquity. They are followed by ten case studies in which the manifestation and arousal of emotions (fear anger envy grief hope) are studied in various contexts (religion litigation political life art private life) and in connection with a variety of media (narratives of miracles dedications curses acclamations petitions condolence letters forensic oratory architecture images).