Memory and Emotions in Antiquity: Ancient Emotions IV

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Memory and Emotions in Antiquity

Ancient Emotions IV

Edited by: George Kazantzidis and Dimos Spatharas

Volume 158 in the series Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111345246

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The contributions of this volume discuss the interfaces between memory and emotions in ancient literature, social life, and philosophy. They explore the ways in which memories intersect with emotions in the epics of Homer and Virgil, the importance of memory for the emotions scripts employed by public speakers to enhance the persuasiveness of their arguments, and ‘cultural memory’ in Philostratus’ Heroicus. Contributions that focus on aspects of ancient societies and politics investigate memory and emotions in the Bacchic-Orphic gold leaves, the importance of memories on inscriptions commemorating private and public emotions, and the ways in which emotive memories enhanced the monumentalizing project of Herodes Atticus in Greece. The essays emphasizing philosophical approaches to memory and emotions discuss Aristotle’s biological treatises and Augustine’s deployment of nostalgia and autobiographical narrative in the wider frame of his didactic programme. Modern approaches to embodied cognition are also employed to shed light on how memories attached to our bodily experiences can enhance the interpretation of Roman literature.

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George Kazantzidis and Dimos Spatharas, University of Crete, Crete, Greece.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Emotions, Memory, and the Wrath of Achilles: Observations from Cognitive Psychology Elizabeth Minchin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Tension between Memory and Emotion in Homer’s Audience Jonathan L. Ready Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
The Emotional Memories of Internal Narrators: Homer, Virgil, Ovid Philip Hardie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Religious Emotions and Mnemonic Discourses: The Gold Tablets of Memory Mark F. McClay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Remembering Emotions Angelos Chaniotis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Exploitation of (Alleged) Memories in Demosthenes and Aeschines Nick Fisher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Aristotle on Memory and Emotion in Human and Non-human Animals Sophia M. Connell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Emotive Memory Traces in Roman Literature Jennifer Devereaux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Herodes Atticus, Material Memories, and the Expression and Reception of Grief Estelle Strazdins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Memory and Emotion in Philostratus’ Heroicus Janet Downie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Nostalgia and Reading in Augustine’s Confessions Marc Mastrangelo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Rerum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Classicists, ancient historians, archaeologists, philosophers, cognitive and political scientists, historians, psychologists
Pages
- Front matter: 23
- Main content: 260
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 6
Keywords: classics; ancient history; memory; emotions

eBook

Published: January 29, 2024
ISBN: 9783111345246

Hardcover

Published: January 29, 2024
ISBN: 9783111344805