Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings
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Why is it so difficult to talk about pain? As we do today, the Greeks and Romans struggled to communicate their pain: this required a rich and subtle vocabulary which had to be developed over time. Pain Narratives traces the development of this language in literary, philosophical, and medical texts from across antiquity: poets, physicians, and philosophers contributed to an ever-growing lexicon to articulate their own and others' feelings. The essays within this volume uncover the expanding Greco-Roman vocabulary of pain, analyse the medical discussions on pain symptoms, and explore the religious reinterpretations of pain concepts in late antiquity.…mehr

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Why is it so difficult to talk about pain? As we do today, the Greeks and Romans struggled to communicate their pain: this required a rich and subtle vocabulary which had to be developed over time. Pain Narratives traces the development of this language in literary, philosophical, and medical texts from across antiquity: poets, physicians, and philosophers contributed to an ever-growing lexicon to articulate their own and others' feelings. The essays within this volume uncover the expanding Greco-Roman vocabulary of pain, analyse the medical discussions on pain symptoms, and explore the religious reinterpretations of pain concepts in late antiquity.
Autorenporträt
Jacqueline Clarke, Ph.D. (1999), University of Adelaide, is Senior Lecturer in Classics at that university. She has published a monograph and many articles on Roman poetry, including 'Female Pain in Prudentius' Peristephanon' Classical Quarterly 71 (2021) 386-401. Daniel King, D.Phil. (2011), Oxford University, is Senior Leventis Lecturer in the Impact of Greek Culture at Exeter University. He has published widely on the body in antiquity, including Pain Experience in Imperial Greek Literature (OUP, 2018). Han Baltussen, Ph.D. (1993), Utrecht University, is W.W. Hughes Professor of Classics at the University of Adelaide (South Australia). He has published many articles, translations and books on the ancient philosophical traditions, including The Peripatetics. Aristotle's Heirs (Routledge, 2016). Contributors are: Han Baltussen, Daniel King, Sarah Lawrence, Jean-Christophe Courtil, Georgia Petridou, Orly Lewis, Wei Cheng, Jacqueline Clarke, Fiona McMeekin, Gillian Clark, Jonathan Zecher.