Euripides' Use of Psychological Terminology.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phren in the Tragedies: Part One -- 3 Phren in the Tragedies: Part Two -- 4 Nous and Prapides in the Tragedies -- 5 Thumos in the Tragedies -- 6 Kardia and Kear in the Tragedies -- 7 Psyche: Traditional Uses -- 8 Psyche: Euripidean Uses -- 9 Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- A: An Overview of the Psychic Terms -- B: Psychic Terms in Each Tragedy -- C: Adjectives and Participles with Psychic Terms -- D: Cognate Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and Nouns -- E: Hepar and Splanchna -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Passages Discussed -- A -- B -- E -- F -- H -- I -- M -- O -- R -- T -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- W.
Building on her previous works, Shirley Darcus Sullivan takes an in-depth look at Euripides' use of psychological terms - phr?n, nous, prapides, thumos, kardia, kear, and psych? - and compares his usage to that of both earlier and contemporary poets, most notably Aeschylus and Sophocles.
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Euripides-Knowledge and learning. Psychology. Euripides-Language. Drama-Psychological aspects. Psychology in literature. Mythology, Greek, in literature. Tragedy.