David Konstan

In the Orbit of Love

Affection in Ancient Greece and Rome

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about love in the classical world -- not erotic passion but the love that binds together intimate members of a family and close friends, but may also include a wider range of individuals for whom we care deeply. Among the topics discussed are friendship, loyalty, gratitude, grief, and civic solidarity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 149mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 391g
• ISBN-13: 9780190887872
• ISBN-10: 0190887877
• Artikelnr.: 50986899

Autorenporträt

David Konstan is Professor of Classics at New York University. Among his books are Pity Transformed (2001); The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks (2006); Before Forgiveness: The Origins of a Moral Idea (2010); and Beauty: The Fortunes of an Ancient Greek Idea (2014). He is a past president of the American Philological Association, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an honorary fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Love and Friendship
Chapter 2: Loyalty: The Missing Virtue
Chapter 3: Gratitude and Liberality
Chapter 4: Grief and the Self
Chapter 5: Love and the State
Conclusion
Bibliography