Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks

• Author(s): P. Meineck, D. Konstan,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 310
• ISBN_10: 1137398868
  ISBN_13: 9781137398864
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , Literary Criticism / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , History / Europe / General , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Social Science / General ,

Description:... This ground-breaking book applies trauma studies to the drama and literature of the ancient Greeks. Diverse essays explore how the Greeks responded to war and if what we now term "combat trauma," "post-traumatic stress," or "combat stress injury" can be discerned in ancient Greek culture.