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This edited volume brings together eighteen articles which examine
the role of eros as an emotion in ancient Greek culture. Arising
out of a conference held at University College London in 2009, the
volume ranges from Archaic epic and lyric poetry, through tragedy
and comedy, to philosophical and technical treatises and more, and
includes contributions from a variety of international scholars
well published in the field of ancient Greek emotions. Taking into
account all important thinking about the nature of eros from the
eighth century BCE to the third century CE, and covering a very
broad range of sources and theoretical approaches, both in the
chronological and the generic sense, it considers the
phenomenology, psychology, and physiology of eros; its associated
language, metaphors, and imagery; the overlap of eros with other
emotions (jealousy, madness, philia, pothos); its role in political
society; and the relationship between the human emotion and Eros
the god. These topics build on recent advances in the understanding
of ancient Greek homo- and heterosexual customs and practices,
visual and textual erotica, and philosophical approaches to eros as
manageable appetite or passion. However, the principal aim of the
volume is to apply to the study of eros the theoretical insights
offered by the rapidly expanding field of emotion studies, both in
ancient cultures and elsewhere in the humanities and social
sciences, thus maintaining throughout the focus on eros as emotion.
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