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No regrets : remorse in Classical antiquity /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fulkerson, Laurel, 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Remorse > Greece.
Remorse > Rome.
Remorse in literature.
Ethics, Ancient.
Remords > Grèce.
Remords > Rome.
Morale ancienne.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Ethics, Ancient
Remorse
Remorse in literature
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Agamemnon, Achilles, and the Homeric roots of remorse
  • 2. Neoptolemus and the essential elements of remorse
  • 3. Hermione's feigned regret
  • 4. Killing Cleitus : Alexander's fruitless remorse
  • 5. Comedy means (almost) never having to say you're sorry
  • 6. Ovid and the coercion of remorse from above
  • 7. Nero's degenerate remorse
  • 8. Command performance : mutiny in the Roman Army
  • 9. Plutarch on consistency and the statesman
  • 10. Conclusion.