Pity Transformed

by David Konstan

"Pity Transformed" is an examination of how pity was imagined and expressed in classical antiquity. It pays particular attention to the ways in which the pity of the Greeks and Romans differed from modern ideas. Among the topics investigated in this study are the appeal to pity in courts of law and the connection between pity and desert; the relation between pity and love or intimacy; self-pity; the role of pity in war and its relation to human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715629042
• ISBN13: 9780715629048
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"