A world of emotions : ancient Greece, 700 BC-200 AD / edited by Angelos Chaniotis, Nikolaos Kaltsas, Ioannis Mylonopoulos ; essays by Angelos Chaniotis [and 7 others].
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, March 9-June 24, 2017.
Emotions penetrate every aspect of our lives. Interwoven with memory, attention, cognition, and decision making, they determine our interpersonal relations, our private life, the public sphere, and religious worship. Emotions had a particular significance also in ancient Greek culture, as Greek intellectuals were the first to theorize emotions in the Western world. "A world of emotions" familiarizes the reader with the ubiquitous presence of emotions in Greek culture and life as well as their importance for an understanding of Greek art, literature, history, political life, society, and religion. It reveals how emotions are experienced, expressed, and aroused, how they are controlled or enslave us, how they are manipulated or evaluated. In doing so, it is hoped that this catalogue will trigger thoughts about the importance of emotions in our world, and show why the study of emotions in Classical Antiquity may help us to better understand our contemporary social and cultural environment. The catalogue "A world of emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC-200 AD" accompanies a homonymous exhibition displaying a wide array of archeological finds from major museums and institutions in Greece, Europe, and North America.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-255).
Source acquisition
Gift of Dimitri Gondicas to the Program in Hellenic Studies for Princeton University Library.
ISBN
9780981966656
0981966659
OCLC
978285386
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