Ancient routes to happiness
By: edited by Philip Bosman
Contributors: Irwin, Elizabeth (Elizabeth K.), contributor; Chandler, Clive, 1964- contributor; Thumiger, Chiara, contributor; Prince, Susan H., 1964- contributor; Sharland, Suzanne, contributor; Allen, Pauline, 1948- contributor
Series: Acta classica supplementum -- 6; Acta classica -- 6.
Publisher: Classical Association of South Africa = Klassieke Vereniging van Suid-Afrika
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Happiness; Philosophy; Ancient Ethics; Happiness in literature; History
Notes: "This publication was funded from the Research Fund of the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa"--Half title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / -- [Philip Bosman]; title: Debating the happiness of Periclean Athens : from Herodotus' Solon to its legacy in Aristotle  -- Elizabeth Irwin; title: The happiness of Sophocles' Ajax  -- Clive Chandler; title: Grief and cheerfulness in early Greek medical writings  -- Chiara Thumiger; title: Antisthenes and the short route to happiness  -- Susan Prince; title: Horace on happiness  -- Suzanne Sharland; title: Giving : some tips for happiness from late antiquity -- Pauline Allen.