[publicclassics] Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World

[Kai Brodersen]

Just out with Roudlegde:

M. Champion and L. O’Sullivan (eds.)
Cultural Perceptions of Violence in the Hellenistic World
London 2017

https://www.routledge.com/Cultural-Perceptions-of-Violence-in-the-Hellenistic-World/Champion-OSullivan/p/book/9781472486417

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Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
List of Contributors

1 ‘War is the Father and King of All’: Discourses, Experiences, and 
Theories of Hellenistic Violence (Michael Champion and Lara O’Sullivan)

2 Violence, Public Space, and Political Power in the Hellenistic Polis 
(Christopher Dickenson)

3 Ideology of War and Expansion? A Study of the Education of Young Men 
in HellenisticGymnasia (Andrzej Chankowski)

4 Poleis on the Brink: Violence and Greek Public Finances in 
Pseudo-Aristotle’s Oeconomica II (Kai Brodersen)

5 Kings and Gods: Divine Narratives in Hellenistic Violence (Lara 
O’Sullivan)

6 Violence in the Dark: Emotional Impact, Representation, Response 
(Angelos Chaniotis)

7 Compassion and Violence in Hellenistic New Comedy: The Case of 
Terence’s Self-Tormentor (Susan Lape)

8 Violence in Hellenistic Sculpture (Craig Hardiman)

9 ‘A Pleasure to Gaze on Great Conflicts’: Violence and Epicurean 
Philosophy (Michael Champion)

10 Eros and the Poetics of Violence in Plato and Apollonius (Eva 
Anagnostou-Laoutides)

11 Violence in an Erotic Landscape: Catullus, Caesar, and the Borders of 
Empire and Existence (carm. 11) (Robert Kirstein)

12 Epilogue: Violence and its Emotional Representation in the 
Hellenistic World (Michael Champion and Lara O’Sullivan)

Bibliography
Index locorum
General Index