Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths /

Enraged : why violent times need ancient Greek myths /

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Author / Creator:	Anhalt, Emily Katz, author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yake University Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	xiv, 268 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Homer. -- Iliad. Homer -- Criticism and interpretation. Sophocles. -- Ajax. Sophocles -- Criticism and interpretation. Euripides. -- Hecuba. Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation. Ajax (Sophocles) Hecuba (Euripides) Iliad (Homer) Anger in literature. Civilization -- Greek influences. Civilization, Classical. Anger in literature. Civilization, Classical. Civilization -- Greek influences. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11559952

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ISBN:	9780300217377 0300217374
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-253) and index.
Summary:	"Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Hecuba, and Sophocles' Ajax show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike. 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. These time-honored texts emphasize the costs of our dangerous penchant for glorifying violent rage and those who would indulge in it. 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."--Amazon

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