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N. Keith Rutter (editor) and
David Konstan (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Edinburgh Univ Pr
Publication date
March 1, 2004
Pages
320
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780748616039
ISBN-10
0748616039
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.55 lbs.
Original list price
$200.00
Other format details
university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Classical Greece was permeated by a spirit of rivalry. Games and sports, theatrical performances, courtroom trials, recitation of poetry, canvassing for public office, war itself -- all aspects of life were informed by a competitive ethos. This pioneering book considers how the Greeks viewed, explained, exploited and controlled the emotions that entered into such rivalrous activities, and looks at what the private and public effects were of such feelings as ambition, desire, pride, passion, envy and spite.Among the questions the authors address: How was envy distinguished from emulation? Was rivalry central to democratic politics? What was the relation between envy and erotic jealousy? Did the Greeks feel erotic jealousy at all? Did the views of philosophers correspond to those reflected in the historians, tragic poets and orators? Were there differences in attitude towards the rivalrous emotions within ancient Greece, or between Greece and Rome? Did jealousy, envy and malice have bad effects on anc
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9780748616039 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $200.00
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