"Pity Transformed" is an examination of how pity was imagined and
expressed in classical antiquity. It pays particular attention to
the ways in which the pity of the Greeks and Romans differed from
modern ideas. Among the topics investigated in this study are the
appeal to pity in courts of law and the connection between pity and
desert; the relation between pity and love or intimacy; self-pity;
the role of pity in war and its relation to human rights and human
dignity; divine pity from paganism to Christianity; and why pity
was considered an emotion. This book will lead readers to ponder
how the Greeks and Romans were both like and unlike us in this
fundamental area of cultural sensibility.
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