Hope in Ancient Literature, History, and Art

Ancient Emotions I
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-071013-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 63, 399 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 603 g

Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

Although ancient hope has attracted much scholarly attention in the past, this is the first book-length discussion of the topic. The introduction offers a systematic discussion of the semantics of Greek elpis and Latin spes and addresses the difficult question of whether hope -ancient and modern- is an emotion. On the other hand, the 16 contributions deal with specific aspects of hope in Greek and Latin literature, history and art, including Pindar's poetry, Greek tragedy, Thucydides, Virgil's epic and Tacitus' Historiae. The volume also explores from a historical perspective the hopes of slaves in antiquity, the importance of hope for the enhancement of stereotypes about the barbarians, and the depiction of hope in visual culture, providing thereby a useful tool not only for classicist but also for philosophers, cultural historians and political scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kazantzidis, George

Spatharas, Dimos

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

George Kazantzidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece; Dimos Spatharas, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.