Ancient anger
Subtitle: perspectives from Homer to Galen
By: [edited by] Susanna Morton Braund, Glenn W. Most.
Contributors: Braund, Susanna Morton.; Most, Glenn W.
Series: Yale classical studies ;; v. 32
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Classical literature -- History and criticism; Anger in literature; Anger -- Greece; Anger -- Rome
Description: "This volume brings together a number of significant new studies, by authors from different disciplines and countries, on literary, philosophical, medical, and political aspects of ancient anger from Homer until the Roman imperial period. It studies some of the most important ancient sources and provides a paradigmatic selection of approaches to them, and should stimulate further research on this important subject in a number of fields."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-305) and indexes.