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Cicero on the emotions : Tusculan disputations 3 and 4

Abstract: The third and fourth books of Cicero's "Tusculan Disputations" deal with the nature and management of human emotion: first grief, then the emotions in general. Cicero presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject, reporting the views of Epicurians and Peripatetics and giving a detailed account of the Stoic position, which he himself favours for it's close reasoning and moral earnestness. He describes the Stoic's analysis of grief, their classification of emotions by genus and species, their lists of oddly named character flaws, and by the philosophical debate that develops over the utility of anger in politics and war.

The language of Greek comedy

Abstract: The Language of Greek Comedy Ionic Iambos and Attic Komoidia The Language of Doric Comedy Some Evaluative Terms in Aristophanes Figures of Speech in Aristophanes Comic Elements in Tragic Language Mageiros poietes Orthographical Variants in Papyri Speech in Speech in Menander

History of the Graeco-Latin Fable

Abstract: This volume presents a complete inventory and documentation of the Graeco-Latin fable tradition from Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages, including references to many other older and contemporary Oriental and Western languages. The book is usefully concluded by elaborate indexes.