Generations of Feeling is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of emotions in
pre-and early modern Western Europe. Charting the varieties, transformations and constants …

Modern western education finds its origins in the practices, systems and schools of the
ancient Greeks and Romans. It is in the field of education, in fact, that classical antiquity has …

In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the
socio-political elite in both perpetuating pre-existing power-structures and constructing new …

The first part of the book covers the theories of the emotions of Plato and Aristotle and later
ancient views from Stoicism to Neoplatonism (Ch. 1) and their reception and transformation …

The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists,
librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe …

The role of the agōn, the struggle or contest, in early Greek culture cannot be
overemphasized: it was the place where wars were won or lost (or, for that matter, happened …

This book explores the cultural and political significance of ostracism in democratic Athens.
In contrast to previous interpretations, Sara Forsdyke argues that ostracism was primarily a …

The ancient Greeks commonly resorted to magic spells to attract and keep lovers--as
numerous allusions in Greek literature and recently discovered voodoo dolls, magical …

This book offers a comprehensive account of the major philosophical works on friendship
and its relationship to self-love. The book gives central place to Aristotle's searching …

Trithemius (1462–1516) compiled innovative histories of the church, of Germany, and of his
own and other monastic orders. 1 He produced these works using manuscripts he had …