Aeschylus' use of psychological terminology : traditional and new / Shirley Darcus Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Shirley Darcus, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Aeschylus--Language.

Aeschylus.

Aeschylus--Knowledge--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 288 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sullivan focuses on eight key psychological terms - phr n, thumos, kardia, kear, tor, nous, prapides, and psych - that appear frequently in ancient Greek texts but which have a wide range of possible meanings. Gathering instances from The Persians, Seven against Thebes, Suppliants, Agamemnon, Choephoroi, and Eumenides (instances from Prometheus Bound, whose authorship is in question, are treated in notes and an appendix), Sullivan first examines each psychic term separately. She then discusses instances of the terms in each play, examining the meaning of the psychic term in the context of the play in which it appears and providing details on Aeschylus' usage. This book sheds light on the rich and sometimes elaborate way in which Aeschylus uses psychological terminology and is an excellent reference for classicists, psychologists, philosophers, and scholars of comparative literature.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Phrēn in the Tragedies: Part One

Phrēn in the Tragedies: Part Two

Phrēn and Its Cognates in the Suppliants

Thumos in the Tragedies

“Heart” in the Tragedies

Nous, Prapides, and Psychē in the Tragedies

Psychic Terms in Each Tragedy

Conclusion

An Overview of Psychic Entities

Adjectives and Participles with Psychic Terms

Cognate Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and Nouns

Hēpar and Splanchna

The Prometheus Bound: An Overview

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index of Passages Discussed

General Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-283) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-85445-3

9786612854453

0-7735-6655-4

OCLC:

929121480