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No regrets : remorse in Classical antiquity /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fulkerson, Laurel, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:1. ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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. Hermioneâ€?s Feigned Regret
  • 4. Killing Cleitus: Alexanderâ€?s Fruitless Remorse
  • 5. Comedy Means (Almost) Never Having to Say Youâ€?re Sorry
  • 6. Ovid and the Coercion of Remorse from Above
  • 7. Neroâ€?s Degenerate Remorse8. 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
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  • Index of Greek and Latin
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