Erôs in ancient Greece / edited by Ed Sanders ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sanders, Ed.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Greek literature.

Love in literature--Congresses.

Love in literature.

Emotions in literature.

Greece--Social life and customs.

Greece.

Manners and customs.

Emotions in literature--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

This edited volume brings together eighteen articles which examine the role of erôs as an emotion in ancient Greek culture. Arising out of a conference held at University College London in 2009, the volume ranges from Archaic epic and lyric poetry, through tragedy and comedy, to philosophical and technical treatises and more, and includes contributions from a variety of international scholars well published in the field of ancient Greek emotions. Taking into account all important thinking about the nature of erôs from the eighth century BCE to the third century CE, and covering a very broad range of sources and theoretical approaches, both in the chronological and the generic sense, it considers the phenomenology, psychology, and physiology of erôs; its associated language, metaphors, and imagery; the overlap of erôs with other emotions (jealousy, madness, philia, pothos); its role in political society; and the relationship between the human emotion and Eros the god.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Ed Sanders Sanders, Ed, Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 1

Part I Phenomenology and Psychology of Erôs / Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 9

2 Between Appetite and Emotion, or Why Can't Animals Have Erôs? / David Konstan Konstan, David 13

3 Mad Erôs and Eroticized Madness in Tragedy / Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 27

4 Sexual Jealousy and Erôs in Euripides' Medea / Ed Sanders Sanders, Ed 41

5 Love's Battlefield: Rethinking Sappho Fragment 31 / Armand D'Angour D'Angour, Armand 59

6 Monstrous Love? Erotic Reciprocity in Aelian's De natura animalium / Steven D. Smith Smith, Steven D. 73

Part II Defining Erôs: Philosophy and Science / Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 91

7 Challenging Platonic Erôs: The Role of Thumos and Philotimia in Love / Olivier Renaut Renaut, Olivier 95

8 Galen, Plato, and the Physiology of Erôs / Ralph M. Rosen Rosen, Ralph M. 111

9 Sex and the City: Plato, Aristotle, and Zeno of Kition on Erôs and Philia / Eleni Leontsini Leontsini, Eleni 129

10 Stoic Erôs-Is There Such a Thing? / Christopher Gill Gill, Christopher 143

Part III Divine Eros and Human Erôs / Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 159

11 Eros in Hesiod / Glenn W. Most Most, Glenn W. 163

12 From the Gymnasium to the Wedding: Eros in Athenian Art and Cult / Emma Stafford Stafford, Emma 175

13 Love Theory and Political Practice in Plutarch: The Amatorius and the Lives of Coriolanus and Alcibiades / Michele A. Lucchesi Lucchesi, Michele A. 209

Part IV Imagery and Language of Erôs / Chiara Thumiger Thumiger, Chiara 229

14 The Imagery of Erôs in Plato's Phaedrus / Douglas Cairns Cairns, Douglas 233

15 The Language(s) of Love in Aristophanes / James Robson Robson, James 251

16 Worlds of Erôs in Ibycus Fragment 286 (PMGF) / Vanessa Cazzato Cazzato, Vanessa 267

17 Lamp and Erotic Epigram: How an Object Sheds Light on the Lover's Emotions / Maria Kanellou Kanellou, Maria 277

18 Male Bodies, Male Gazes: Exploring Erôs in the Twelfth Book of the Greek Anthology / Andreas Fountoulakis Fountoulakis, Andreas 293.

Notes:

Papers from a conference hedl in 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

ISBN:

0199605505

9780199605507

OCLC:

782105702

Publisher Number:

99953703803