Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity Format:Paperback ISBN-10: 173391921X

ISBN-10: 173391921X

Your most irrational (and sometimes rational) fears are hilarious fodder for this sharp and relatable activity book

it can be applied to individuals or groups and is intended for teenagers to adults

Publisher: Independently published (October 17 2019)

Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity Format:Paperback ISBN-10: 173391921XThe angry emotions and the problems they presented were an ancient Greek preoccupation from Homer to late antiquity. From the first lines of the Iliad to the church fathers of the fourth century A. D. the control or elimination of rage was an obsessive concern. From the Greek world it passed to the Romans. Drawing on a wide range of ancient texts and on recent work in anthropology and psychology Restraining Rage explains the rise and persistence of