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Book SynopsisEmotions are at the core of much ancient literature, from Achilles’ heartfelt anger in Homer’s Iliad to the pangs of love of Virgil’s Dido. This volume applies a narratological approach to emotions in a wide range of texts and genres. It seeks to analyze ways in which emotions such as anger, fear, pity, joy, love and sadness are portrayed. Furthermore, using recent insights from affective narratology, it studies ways in which ancient narratives evoke emotions in their readers. The volume is dedicated to Irene de Jong for her groundbreaking research into the narratology of ancient literature.
Trade Review"The editors set themselves an ambitious undertaking: to provide further insights, in the form of an anthology, into the “vast and fascinating subject” of emotions. This volume does not only meet our expectations but goes well beyond them. Both editors and contributors have adopted a multifaceted approach, which makes it suitable both for experts and non-experts. (...) The papers in this book all contribute to the volume’s purpose: to honor De Jong’s career and enhance her studies. Although a lengthy read, more than 750 pages in total, the text runs smoothly; the wise chronological division adopted by the editors gently walks readers through centuries, without overwhelming them." Giulia Maria Paoletti in BMCR2023.07.04
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Narratology of Emotions in Ancient Literature Mathieu de Bakker, Baukje van den Berg and Jacqueline Klooster Part 1 Archaic Epic 1 A Narratology of the Emotions: Method, Temporality, and Anger in Homer’s Iliad Ahuvia Kahane 2 Narrative and Emotion in the Iliad: Andromache and Helen Angus Bowie 3 Fear and Loathing at the Xanthus Evert van Emde Boas 4 Metaleptic Apostrophe in Homer: Emotion and Immersion Rutger Allan 5 In Mortal Danger: The Emotions of Two Fighters in the Iliad Marina Coray and Martha Krieter 6 Poseidon’s Anger in the Odyssey Sebastiaan van der Mije 7 Emotions and Politeness in Homer’s Odyssey Robert Kirstein 8 Emotionally Reunited: Laertes and Odysseus in Odyssey 24 Bruno Currie 9 Love and Anger: Emotions in Hesiod Hugo Koning Part 2 Archaic Epic and Beyond 10 The Text as Labyrinth Françoise Létoublon 11 Narrating Pity in Greek Epic, Lyric, Tragedy, and Beyond Patrick Finglass 12 Deixis in Teichoscopy as a Marker of Emotional Urgency Albert Rijksbaron 13 Exercises in Anger Management: From Achilles to Arginusae Christopher Pelling 14 Sunt lacrimae rerum: Emotions at the Deaths of Troilus, Priam, and Astyanax in Athenian Black-Figure Vase-Painting Geralda Jurriaans-Helle 15 What the Greeks Left Us: Perspectivation as a Tool in the Pursuit of (Emotional) Knowledge Willie van Peer Part 3 Early Lyric, Tragedy, and Biblical Poetry 16 Passion versus Performance in Sappho Fragments 1 and 31 André Lardinois 17 Prometheus Bound as ‘Epic’ Tragedy and Its Narratology of Emotion Anton Bierl 18 Self-Description of Emotions in Ancient Greek Drama: A First Exploration Gerry Wakker 19 Retelling the War of Troy: Tragedy, Emotions, and Catharsis Sofia Frade 20 Body and Speech as the Site of Emotions in Biblical Narrative Ilse Müllner Part 4 Greek Prose of the Classical Period 21 Herodotean Emotions: Some Aspects Richard Rutherford 22 Herodotus, Historian of Emotions Mathieu de Bakker 23 Emotions in Thucydides: Revisiting the Final Battle in Syracuse Harbour Tim Rood 24 The Dark Side of a Narrative: The Power of Emotions, Digressions and Historical Causes in Hellenica Oxyrhynchia Antonis Tsakmakis 25 Cyrus’ Tears: An Essay in Affective Narratology and Socratic History Luuk Huitink 26 The Joys and Sorrows of the Argument: Emotions and Emotional Involvement in Plato’s Narratives of Philosophical Reasoning Margalit Finkelberg 27 The Arousal of Interest in Plato’s Protagoras and Gorgias Michael Lloyd 28 Socratic Emotions Kathryn A. Morgan Part 5 Hellenistic Literature 29 Heracles’ Emotions in Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica Silvio Bär 30 Away with ‘Angry Young Men’! Intertextuality as a Narratological Tool in the Quarrel Episodes in the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius Annette Harder 31 Theocritus and the Poetics of Love Jacqueline Klooster 32 Characters, Emotions, and Enargeia in Second Maccabees Jan Willem van Henten Part 6 Latin Literature 33 Common Ground and the Presentation of Emotions: Fright and Horror in Livy’s Historiography Lidewij van Gils and Caroline Kroon 34 Dramatic Narrative in Epic: Aeneas’ Eyewitness Account of the Fall of Troy in Virgil Aeneid 2 Stephen Harrison 35 Unhappy Dido, Queen of Carthage Suzanne Adema 36 Emotional Apostrophes in Silius Italicus’ Punica 6 Pieter van den Broek 37 Metalepsis on the Argo: Debating Hercules in Valerius Flaccus (Arg. 3.598–725) Mark Heerink Part 7 Greek Prose of the Imperial Period 38 Emotion and the Sublime Casper de Jonge 39 The Role of Anger in Epictetus’ Philosophical Teaching Gerard Boter 40 Emotions and Narrativity in the Greek Romance Tim Whitmarsh 41 Another Tale of Anger, Honour, and Love: Achilles in Philostratus’ Heroicus Kristoffel Demoen Part 8 Late Antiquity and Beyond 42 Claudian’s De raptu Proserpinae: Grief, Guilt, and Rage of a Bereaved Mother Piet Gerbrandy 43 A Desire (Not) to Die for: Narrating Emotions in Pseudo-Nilus’ Narrations Koen De Temmerman 44 From Myth to Image to Description: Emotions in the Ekphrasis Eikonos of Procopius of Gaza Berenice Verhelst 45 How to Write and Enjoy a Tale of Disaster: Eustathios of Thessalonike on Emotion and Style Baukje van den Berg 46 A Lawyer in Love: Hugo Grotius’ Erotopaegnia (1608) Edwin Rabbie Publications of Irene de Jong (until 2021) Glossary Indices Tabula Gratulatoria
