Memory and Emotions in Antiquity: Ancient Emotions IV (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783111344805)

The contributions of this volume discuss the interfaces between memory and emotions in ancient literature, social life, and philosophy. They explore the ways in which memories intersect with emotions in the epics of Homer and Virgil, the importance of memory for the emotions scripts employed by public speakers to enhance the persuasiveness of their arguments, and 'cultural memory' in Philostratus' Heroicus. Contributions that focus on aspects of ancient societies and politics investigate memory and emotions in the Bacchic-Orphic gold leaves, the importance of memories on inscriptions commemorating private and public emotions, and the ways in which emotive memories enhanced the monumentalizing project of Herodes Atticus in Greece. The essays emphasizing philosophical approaches to memory and emotions discuss Aristotle's biological treatises and Augustine's deployment of nostalgia and autobiographical narrative in the wider frame of his didactic programme. Modern approaches to embodied cognition are also employed to shed light on how memories attached to our bodily experiences can enhance the interpretation of Roman literature.

Author: George Kazantzidis
ISBN-10: 3111344800
ISBN-13: 9783111344805
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2024
Pages: 283
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d