Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300217374 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
These time-honored texts emphasize the costs of our dangerous penchant for glorifying violent rage and those who would indulge in it. An examination of remedies for violent rage rediscovered in ancient Greek myths Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. By promoting compassion, rational thought, and debate, Greek myths help to arm us against the tyrants we might serve and the tyrants we might become.. Composed before and during the ancient Greeks’ groundbreaking movement away from autocracy toward more inclusive political participation, these stories offer guidelines for modern efforts to create and maintain civil societies. Emily Katz Anhalt reveals how these three masterworks of classical Greek literature can teach us, as they taught the ancient Greeks, to recognize violent revenge as a marker of illogical thinking and poor leadership. Homer’s Iliad, Euripides’ Hecuba, and Sophocles’ Ajax show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike
Emily Katz Anhalt teaches Classical languages and literature at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of Solon the Singer: Politics and Poetics.. She received her Ph.D. in Classical Philology from Yale University and has taught Greek mythology, Classical languages, and history at Yale University and at Trinity College
in Classical Philology from Yale University and has taught Greek mythology, Classical languages, and history at Yale University and at Trinity College. About the AuthorEmily Katz Anhalt teaches Classical languages and literature at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of Solon the Singer: Politics and Poetics.. She received her Ph.D