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Why is it so difficult to talk about pain? As we do today, the Greeks and Romans struggled to communicate their pain: this required a rich and subtle vocabulary which had to be developed over time. Pain Narratives traces the development of this language in literary, philosophical, and medical texts from across antiquity: poets, physicians, and philosophers contributed to an ever-growing lexicon to articulate their own and others’ feelings. The essays within this volume uncover the expanding Greco-Roman vocabulary of pain, analyse the medical discussions on pain symptoms, and explore the religious reinterpretations of pain concepts in late antiquity.
Price: $138.00
Pages: 314
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine
Publication Date:
06 July 2023
ISBN: 9789004549487
Format: Hardcover
"this is an unusually compelling essay collection, well edited and conceived, with a range of contributors in different career stages and research areas. All chapters are either good or excellent, and the volume as a whole illuminates striking parallels between ancient and modern efforts to communicate suffering. [...] Pain Narratives in Greco-Roman Writings offers a compelling survey of physical and mental suffering across the Greek and Roman worlds. Attuning our ears to new expressions of anguish can allow us to hear, even from this distance, voices that would otherwise remain unheard." James Uden, Boston University, BMCR 2024.04.21
Jacqueline Clarke, Ph.D. (1999), University of Adelaide, is Senior Lecturer in Classics at that university. She has published a monograph and many articles on Roman poetry, including ‘Female Pain in Prudentius’ Peristephanon’ Classical Quarterly 71 (2021) 386-401.
Daniel King, D.Phil. (2011), Oxford University, is Senior Leventis Lecturer in the Impact of Greek Culture at Exeter University. He has published widely on the body in antiquity, including Pain Experience in Imperial Greek Literature (OUP, 2018).
Han Baltussen, Ph.D. (1993), Utrecht University, is W.W. Hughes Professor of Classics at the University of Adelaide (South Australia). He has published many articles, translations and books on the ancient philosophical traditions, including The Peripatetics. Aristotle’s Heirs (Routledge, 2016).
Contributors are: Han Baltussen, Daniel King, Sarah Lawrence, Jean-Christophe Courtil, Georgia Petridou, Orly Lewis, Wei Cheng, Jacqueline Clarke, Fiona McMeekin, Gillian Clark, Jonathan Zecher.
Daniel King, D.Phil. (2011), Oxford University, is Senior Leventis Lecturer in the Impact of Greek Culture at Exeter University. He has published widely on the body in antiquity, including Pain Experience in Imperial Greek Literature (OUP, 2018).
Han Baltussen, Ph.D. (1993), Utrecht University, is W.W. Hughes Professor of Classics at the University of Adelaide (South Australia). He has published many articles, translations and books on the ancient philosophical traditions, including The Peripatetics. Aristotle’s Heirs (Routledge, 2016).
Contributors are: Han Baltussen, Daniel King, Sarah Lawrence, Jean-Christophe Courtil, Georgia Petridou, Orly Lewis, Wei Cheng, Jacqueline Clarke, Fiona McMeekin, Gillian Clark, Jonathan Zecher.