Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks

Abstract

Introduction: Combat Trauma: The Missing Diagnosis in Ancient Greece? David Konstan 1. War and the City: The Brutality of War and Its Impact on the Community Kurt A. Raaflaub 2. Phaeacian Therapy in Homer's Odyssey William H. Race 3. Women After War: Weaving Nostos in Homeric Epic and in the Twenty-First Century Corinne Pache 4. Ravished Minds in the Ancient World Lawrence A. Tritle 5. Beyond the Universal Soldier: Combat Trauma in Classical Antiquity Jason Crowley 6. Socrates in Combat: Trauma and Resilience in Plato's Political Theory S. Sara Monoson 7. The Memory of Greek Battle: Material Culture as Narratives of Combat Juan Sebastian De Vivo 8. Women and War in Tragedy Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz 9. He gave me his hand but took my bow: Trust and Trustworthiness in the Philoctetes and Our Wars Nancy Sherman 10. Combat Trauma in Athenian Comedy: The Dog That Didn't Bark Alan H. Sommerstein 11. The Battered Shield: Survivor Guilt and Family Trauma in Menander's Aspis Sharon L. James 12. When War Is Performed, What Do Soldiers and Veterans Want to Hear and See and Why? Thomas G. Palaima 13. Performing Memory: In the Mind and on the Public Stage Paul Woodruff