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Euripides' Use of Psychological Terminology Building on her previous works on Sophocles and Aeschylus, Shirley Darcus Sullivan takes an in-depth look at Euripides' use of psychological terms - phren, nous, prapides, thumos, kardia, hear, and psyche - and compares his usage to that of both earlier and contemporary poets, notably Aeschylus and Sophocles. Sullivan discusses each term separately, gathering them from Euripides' seventeen extant tragedies and from fragments of other plays. She begins with a broad look at how both earlier and contemporary poets used the vari- ous terms, moving on to a detailed discussion of Euripides' own usage, from his most often used phren to his new use of psyche. Euripides' Use of Psychological Terminology will be of interest to schol- ars of classics, in particular those in fifth-century Greek classics, as well as to those interested in psychology and its presentation in ancient literature. SHIRLEY DARCUS SULLIVAN is professor of classics at the University of Brit- ish Columbia. This page intentionally left blank Euripides' Use of Psychological Terminology SHIRLEY DARCUS SULLIVAN McGill-Queen's University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca © McGill-Queen's University Press 2000 ISBN 0-7735-2051-1 Legal deposit second quarter 2000 Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper McGill-Queen's University Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for its activities. We also acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Sullivan, Shirley Darcus, 1945- Euripides' use of psychological terminology Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7735-2051-1 I. Euripides - Language. 2. Psychology in literature. I. Title. PA3978.s84 2000 882'.oi 099-901380-7 This book was typeset by Typo Litho Composition Inc. in 10/12 Times. For Mary Mater Thesauri Cordis This page intentionally left blank Contents Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 3 2 Phren in the Tragedies: Part One 10 3 Phren in the Tragedies: Part Two 31 4 Nous and Prapides in the Tragedies 45 5 Thumos in the Tragedies 59 6 Kardia and Kear in the Tragedies 71 7 Psyche: Traditional Uses 83 8 Psyche: Euripidean Uses 94 9 Conclusion 113 APPENDICES A An Overview of the Psychic Terms 123 B Psychic Terms in Each Tragedy 155 C Adjectives and Participles with Psychic Terms 178 viii Contents D Cognate Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and Nouns 186 E Hepar and Splanchna 196 Notes 199 Selected Bibliography 219 Index of Passages Discussed 229 General Index 233 Tables 3.1 Phren: New Adjectives 37-8 4.1 Nous: Traditional and Contemporary Contexts 53 4.2 Nous in Wider Contexts 53 5.1 Thumos: Traditional and Contemporary Contexts 67 5.2 Thumos in Wider Contexts 67 6.1 Kardia: Traditional and Contemporary Contexts 79 6.2 Kardia in Wider Contexts 79 8.1 New Adjectives and Participles with Psyche 109 9.1 Phren, Nous, Thumos, Psyche 114-15 9.2 Kardia, Kear, and Prapides 116
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