Dimos Spatharas
Biographic Data
| ID | 5638254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dimos Spatharas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dimos |
| FAMILY NAME | Spatharas |
| SIGNATURE | SPATHARAS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Crete |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Memory and Emotions in Antiquity
Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity
This volume focuses on the under-explored topic of emotions' implications for ancient medical theory and practice, while it also raises questions about patients' sentiments. Ancient medicine, along with philosophy, offer unique windows to professional and scientific explanatory models of emotions. Thus, the contributions included in this volume offer comparative ground that helps readers and researchers interested in ancient emotions pin down pos…
Drugs and Psychotropic Words in Gorgias’ Encomium of Helen
In this paper I discuss Gorgias' use of medical metaphors for emotion in the Encomium of Helen. I argue that the comparison of drugs' effects on the body with emotions' effects on the soul reflects metaphors' typical mapping of abstract notions onto our immediate, bodily experience. As I show through comparison of Gorgias' arguments about sights' psychological impact and speech's (logos) psychotropic qualities, Gorgias postulates a materialist so…
Emotions, persuasion, and public discourse in classical Athens
Forensic Narratives in Athenian Courts
Hope in Ancient Literature, History, and Art
Studies on Greek Law, Oratory and Comedy
Clowning and slapstick in Aristophanes
Clowning or slapstick always involves someone having an unpleasant experience, and Aristophanes is a master of comic suffering. But the nature and cause of the suffering vary. It may be inflicted on him by another character, who hits him or squashes him down (jack-in-the-box clowning) or throws something at him (custard-pie slapstick). Alternatively he may bring the experience on himself by his own clumsiness or stupidity, by putting on inappropr…
The Athenian procedure of phasis
The Athenian legal action which is known by the noun φάσις and by the verb φαίνειν is not the subject of any of the surviving forensic orations, though a few of them make passing references to cases of this type. Most of the Athenian public actions were named from the means by which the action was initiated: apagoge began with the arrest of the accused person, graphe began with a written statement, and so on. The accusation against Andokides diff…
Foreign birth and Athenian citizenship in Aristophanes
This chapter talks about the legal relationship between foreign birth and Athenian citizenship in Aristophanes' time. Athenian citizenship was given to the Plataians who settled in Athens after the fall of Plataia in 427. There were some individual foreigners who were given citizenship in return for outstanding services to Athens or for diplomatic reasons. Perikles' law about citizenship, and unfortunately some aspects of it are very controversia…
Aristophanes, Lysistrate 277–80
The Athenian view of the normal appearance and life-style of Spartans is given in Birds 1282: long hair, scanty food, dirtiness, scanty clothing. All the same features are mentioned in Lysistrate 277-80, which actually uses two of the same verbs: besides the reference to the short cloak the authors have πεινῶν referring to the meagre diet, ῥυπῶν and ἕξ ἐτῶν ἄλουτος to the dirtiness. The remaining feature of Spartans mentioned in Birds 1282, long …
Aristophanes and Athenian law
Comedy and law: in modern times these may seem to be two very different subjects, having little connection with each other. But in Classical Athens the connection was closer, and that is why it makes sense to study the two subjects together. The main reason for the connection was that many Athenians, perhaps a majority of the male citizens, participated in both of them. On the one hand, the festivals of the Dionysia and the Lenaia were occasions …
The Athenian procedure of dokimasia of orators
There were several Athenian procedures which went by the name dokimasia, which is sometimes translated 'vetting'. Most of them were procedures for checking that a man had the required qualifications for some position which he was about to hold. Either he was about to become an adult Athenian citizen, or he was about to become a member of the Boule, or he had been appointed to hold some office, for instance as an arkhon. The only surviving text wh…
Athenian laws about choruses
In the late fifth and fourth centuries BC there were three annual festivals in Athens at which major choral competitions were held. At the Thargelia, held in Thargelion, there were contests for dithyrambic choruses of men and boys. The first formal steps to arrange these contests were taken in the previous summer, when a khoregos was appointed for each of the required number of choruses. This procedure, as far as the Dionysia and the Thargelia ar…
The chronology of Athenian speeches and legal innovations in 401–398 bc
Kallimakhos brought two separate prosecutions. This first prosecution was dropped, after the speaker blocked it by diamartyria; but subsequently Kallimakhos brought a fresh prosecution on the same charge. This second prosecution is the one which the speaker attempted to block by paragraphe, for which the surviving speech was composed. If Against Kallimakhos, the earliest paragraphe speech, is not earlier than 400/399, it follows that Against Pank…
The Ancient Emotion of Disgust
The study of emotions and emotional displays has achieved a deserved prominence in recent classical scholarship. The emotions of the classical world can be plumbed to provide a valuable heuristic tool. Emotions can help us understand key issues of ancient ethics, ideological assumptions, and normative behaviors, but, more frequently than not, classical scholars have turned their attention to "social emotions" requiring practical decisions and eth…
Sex, Politics, and Disgust in Aeschines’ Against Timarchus
This chapter deals with the uses of projective disgust in Aeschines’ speech Against Timarchus. Throughout the speech, Aeschines emphasizes that Timarchus’ sexual conduct, indeed his prostitution, and excessive lifestyle are disgusting. Aeschines’ uses of disgust are fostered by social cognitions pointing to his opponent’s shamelessness, that is, his inability to internalize the norms and values that bond together Athenian society. Furthermore, th…
Ancient Emotion of Disgust
"Disgust is an essential human emotion, relatively neglected even in recent scholarship taking the "emotional turn." Fifteen essays by historians and literary scholars examine disgust in theory and practice. Topics range from medicine, drama, oratory, historiography, fiction, biography, to the status of witches, eunuch priests, and theatrical professionals."
No Regrets
Reviewed by: No Regrets: Remorse in Classical Antiquity by Laurel Fulkerson Dimos Spatharas Laurel Fulkerson. No Regrets: Remorse in Classical Antiquity. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xix, 263. $110.00. ISBN 978–0-19–966889–2. Recent approaches to ancient emotions more frequently than not rely on narratives rather than labels. This is not just a modern trend. It requires the methodological assumption that affects are ric…
Liaisons Dangereuses
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Self-Praise and Envy
This paper explores the rhetoric of self-praise ( periautlogia ) in classical Athens. I argue that, despite its obvious usefulness in the context of forensic or deliberative oratory, self-praise can jeopardize a speaker's persuasiveness due to the psychological pressures that it puts upon listeners, especially because excessive boasting can trigger feelings of envy. I therefore argue that the discursive means that speakers employ in order to circ…
Ταυτ' Εγω Μαρτυρομαι
The aim of this paper is to examine the function of bystanders as witnesses in Aristophanes. It includes an examination of the relevant passages and a presentation of the legal aspects that they exhibit. I argue that, while forensic speeches depict different types of assistance offered by the bystanders to victims of criminal action, the 'victims' on Aristophanes' comic stage, usually annoying intruders, fail to secure the assistance of those wit…
Persuasive Γελωζ
This paper aims to interpret the function of laughter in Greek oratory. Investigation of relevant passages in the preserved speeches of the Attic orators and rhetorical meta-texts shows how laughter propels the establishment of each one of the three kinds of εντεχνoι πíστειζ ('artistic' proofs), namely argument, êthos and pathos
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Persuasive Γελωζ
This paper aims to interpret the function of laughter in Greek oratory. Investigation of relevant passages in the preserved speeches of the Attic orators and rhetorical meta-texts shows how laughter propels the establishment of each one of the three kinds of εντεχνoι πíστειζ ('artistic' proofs), namely argument, êthos and pathos
Ταυτ' Εγω Μαρτυρομαι
The aim of this paper is to examine the function of bystanders as witnesses in Aristophanes. It includes an examination of the relevant passages and a presentation of the legal aspects that they exhibit. I argue that, while forensic speeches depict different types of assistance offered by the bystanders to victims of criminal action, the 'victims' on Aristophanes' comic stage, usually annoying intruders, fail to secure the assistance of those wit…
Self-Praise and Envy
This paper explores the rhetoric of self-praise ( periautlogia ) in classical Athens. I argue that, despite its obvious usefulness in the context of forensic or deliberative oratory, self-praise can jeopardize a speaker's persuasiveness due to the psychological pressures that it puts upon listeners, especially because excessive boasting can trigger feelings of envy. I therefore argue that the discursive means that speakers employ in order to circ…
Liaisons Dangereuses
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
No Regrets
Reviewed by: No Regrets: Remorse in Classical Antiquity by Laurel Fulkerson Dimos Spatharas Laurel Fulkerson. No Regrets: Remorse in Classical Antiquity. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xix, 263. $110.00. ISBN 978–0-19–966889–2. Recent approaches to ancient emotions more frequently than not rely on narratives rather than labels. This is not just a modern trend. It requires the methodological assumption that affects are ric…
The Ancient Emotion of Disgust
The study of emotions and emotional displays has achieved a deserved prominence in recent classical scholarship. The emotions of the classical world can be plumbed to provide a valuable heuristic tool. Emotions can help us understand key issues of ancient ethics, ideological assumptions, and normative behaviors, but, more frequently than not, classical scholars have turned their attention to "social emotions" requiring practical decisions and eth…
Sex, Politics, and Disgust in Aeschines’ Against Timarchus
This chapter deals with the uses of projective disgust in Aeschines’ speech Against Timarchus. Throughout the speech, Aeschines emphasizes that Timarchus’ sexual conduct, indeed his prostitution, and excessive lifestyle are disgusting. Aeschines’ uses of disgust are fostered by social cognitions pointing to his opponent’s shamelessness, that is, his inability to internalize the norms and values that bond together Athenian society. Furthermore, th…
Ancient Emotion of Disgust
"Disgust is an essential human emotion, relatively neglected even in recent scholarship taking the "emotional turn." Fifteen essays by historians and literary scholars examine disgust in theory and practice. Topics range from medicine, drama, oratory, historiography, fiction, biography, to the status of witches, eunuch priests, and theatrical professionals."
Studies on Greek Law, Oratory and Comedy
Clowning and slapstick in Aristophanes
Clowning or slapstick always involves someone having an unpleasant experience, and Aristophanes is a master of comic suffering. But the nature and cause of the suffering vary. It may be inflicted on him by another character, who hits him or squashes him down (jack-in-the-box clowning) or throws something at him (custard-pie slapstick). Alternatively he may bring the experience on himself by his own clumsiness or stupidity, by putting on inappropr…
The Athenian procedure of phasis
The Athenian legal action which is known by the noun φάσις and by the verb φαίνειν is not the subject of any of the surviving forensic orations, though a few of them make passing references to cases of this type. Most of the Athenian public actions were named from the means by which the action was initiated: apagoge began with the arrest of the accused person, graphe began with a written statement, and so on. The accusation against Andokides diff…
Foreign birth and Athenian citizenship in Aristophanes
This chapter talks about the legal relationship between foreign birth and Athenian citizenship in Aristophanes' time. Athenian citizenship was given to the Plataians who settled in Athens after the fall of Plataia in 427. There were some individual foreigners who were given citizenship in return for outstanding services to Athens or for diplomatic reasons. Perikles' law about citizenship, and unfortunately some aspects of it are very controversia…
Aristophanes, Lysistrate 277–80
The Athenian view of the normal appearance and life-style of Spartans is given in Birds 1282: long hair, scanty food, dirtiness, scanty clothing. All the same features are mentioned in Lysistrate 277-80, which actually uses two of the same verbs: besides the reference to the short cloak the authors have πεινῶν referring to the meagre diet, ῥυπῶν and ἕξ ἐτῶν ἄλουτος to the dirtiness. The remaining feature of Spartans mentioned in Birds 1282, long …
Aristophanes and Athenian law
Comedy and law: in modern times these may seem to be two very different subjects, having little connection with each other. But in Classical Athens the connection was closer, and that is why it makes sense to study the two subjects together. The main reason for the connection was that many Athenians, perhaps a majority of the male citizens, participated in both of them. On the one hand, the festivals of the Dionysia and the Lenaia were occasions …
The Athenian procedure of dokimasia of orators
There were several Athenian procedures which went by the name dokimasia, which is sometimes translated 'vetting'. Most of them were procedures for checking that a man had the required qualifications for some position which he was about to hold. Either he was about to become an adult Athenian citizen, or he was about to become a member of the Boule, or he had been appointed to hold some office, for instance as an arkhon. The only surviving text wh…
Athenian laws about choruses
In the late fifth and fourth centuries BC there were three annual festivals in Athens at which major choral competitions were held. At the Thargelia, held in Thargelion, there were contests for dithyrambic choruses of men and boys. The first formal steps to arrange these contests were taken in the previous summer, when a khoregos was appointed for each of the required number of choruses. This procedure, as far as the Dionysia and the Thargelia ar…
The chronology of Athenian speeches and legal innovations in 401–398 bc
Kallimakhos brought two separate prosecutions. This first prosecution was dropped, after the speaker blocked it by diamartyria; but subsequently Kallimakhos brought a fresh prosecution on the same charge. This second prosecution is the one which the speaker attempted to block by paragraphe, for which the surviving speech was composed. If Against Kallimakhos, the earliest paragraphe speech, is not earlier than 400/399, it follows that Against Pank…
Hope in Ancient Literature, History, and Art
Emotions, persuasion, and public discourse in classical Athens
Forensic Narratives in Athenian Courts
Medical Understandings of Emotions in Antiquity
This volume focuses on the under-explored topic of emotions' implications for ancient medical theory and practice, while it also raises questions about patients' sentiments. Ancient medicine, along with philosophy, offer unique windows to professional and scientific explanatory models of emotions. Thus, the contributions included in this volume offer comparative ground that helps readers and researchers interested in ancient emotions pin down pos…
Drugs and Psychotropic Words in Gorgias’ Encomium of Helen
In this paper I discuss Gorgias' use of medical metaphors for emotion in the Encomium of Helen. I argue that the comparison of drugs' effects on the body with emotions' effects on the soul reflects metaphors' typical mapping of abstract notions onto our immediate, bodily experience. As I show through comparison of Gorgias' arguments about sights' psychological impact and speech's (logos) psychotropic qualities, Gorgias postulates a materialist so…
Memory and Emotions in Antiquity
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