Auteur(s) : Shirley DARCUS SULLIVAN (Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
Titre : Disturbances of the Mind and Heart in Early Greek Poetry
Revue : L’Antiquité Classique
Volume : 65
Date : 1996
Pages : 31-51

Abstract :
This article describes the various ways in which disturbed conditions of mind and heart are spoken of in poetry of the Archaic Age (750-440 B.C.). It shows how phrenes, noos, thumos and also ētor, kēr, and kradiē were negatively affected. It discusses the evidence for various disturbed states, illustrating their nature and causes. It thus sheds light on how early Greek poets viewed one type of psychological activity in human beings.