Emily Austin, University of Chicago

Assistant Professor Chicago, Illinois eaustin1@uchicago.edu

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Ancient Greek grammar Ancient Philosophy Ancient world emotions Classical tradition Greek literature Homer and emotions Latin grammar

Bio/Research

I write on emotions in Homer, focusing on unique features of the language of the poems and exploring how they shape the narrative. A related interest is the poems’ presentation of their characters, particularly as these characters relate to one another. I am working on a book, tentatively titled Grief, Anger, and the Iliadic Hero, that explores the nexus of grief, anger and vengeance in the Iliad. In this work, I identify language in the Iliad unique to Achilles, linking his grief for Patroklos with a longing, ποθή. Starting from this verbal find, I give a narrative account for why such language describes the grief of Achilles for his companion, Patroklos, with its subsequent insatiable anger, and yet is absent from the grief of the Trojans for their champion Hektor.

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