Enraged: Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths

"Anhalt's contribution is building an overarching narrative of how the Greeks engaged problems of anger—problems that continue to provoke."—Choice

Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Hecuba, and Sophocles' Ajax show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike. Composed before and during the ancient Greeks' groundbreaking movement away from autocracy toward more inclusive pol...