Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths / Emily Katz Anhalt.
Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths / Emily Katz Anhalt.
Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths / Emily Katz Anhalt.
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New Haven : Yake University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/5643
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English
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xiv, 268 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: The power of stories -- Passions and priorities (Iliad 1) -- Them and us (Iliad 6) -- Cultivating rational thought (Iliad 9) -- Violence, vengeance, and a glimpse of victory (Iliad 10-24) -- The dangers of democratic decision making (Sophocles' Ajax) -- The abuse of power and its conse...
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New Haven : Yake University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2017]
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"Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Hecuba, and Sophocles' Ajax show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike. Composed before and during the ancient Greeks' groundbreaking movement away from autocracy toward more inclusive poli...
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Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths / Emily Katz Anhalt.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-253) and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/5643
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74VKVgyX6eJX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyX6eJX
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ISBN
0300217374 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780300217377 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
883.01
MMS ID
991024148709902626
