No regrets : remorse in classical antiquity / Laurel Fulkerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fulkerson, Laurel, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Classical.

Regret.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines how the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how it was not normally expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, and how it often served to show defect of character.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""A Note on Citation""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Prequel: a penitent emperor""; ""Emotions, remorse, and consistency""; ""The shape of ancient remorse: vocabulary and definitions""; ""Structure and outline of the book""; ""1. Agamemnon, Achilles, and the Homeric Roots of Remorse""; ""2. Neoptolemus and the Essential Elements of Remorse""; ""3. Hermione�s Feigned Regret""; ""4. Killing Cleitus: Alexander�s Fruitless Remorse""; ""5. Comedy Means (Almost) Never Having to Say You�re Sorry""; ""6. Ovid and the Coercion of Remorse from Above""

""7. Nero�s Degenerate Remorse""""8. Command Performance: Mutiny in the Roman Army""; ""9. Plutarch on Consistency and the Statesman""; ""10. Conclusion""; ""Late antiquity and the conversion of emotion""; ""Final (re)considerations""; ""References""; ""Index Locorum""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""X""; ""Z""; ""Index of Greek and Latin""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 26, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-966889-2

0-19-164623-7

OCLC:

877442938