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Author
Series
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte volume Bd. 80
Publisher
De Gruyer
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Series
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte volume Band 114
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"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....