Emotion and Historiography in Polybius Histories

This volume explores emotion and its importance in Polybius' conception of history, his writing of historiography, and the benefits of this understanding to readers of history.

List of contents

Introduction: Effective Emotion in Historiography; 1. Fundamentals of Emotion: Social Science, History, and Human Behavior; 2. Individual Emotions in Context: Polybius, Aristotle, and the Classical Historians; 3. Internal State Change: The People's Moral Emotions; 4. Emotions at War: Causal Anger and Justifying War; 5. Learning From History: Audience-Based Emotion and Conclusions.

About the author

Regina M. Loehr is Lecturer in Classics at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, USA. Her research explores the intersection of psychology, ethics, and politics in ancient historiography. She edited digital texts published in the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae® Digital Library from 2018 to 2022.

Product details

• Authors: Regina M. Loehr
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032423630
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242363-0
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Routledge Studies in Ancient History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient, classical and medieval texts