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subject	book bibliographic info
grief	Braund and Most (2004) 29, 30, 223, 224 Corley (2002) 65, 73, 74, 76, 166, 169, 199, 215, 220 Ekroth (2013) 105, 233, 289 Graver (2007) 56, 57 Gray (2021) 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 97, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 226 Hachlili (2005) 172, 399, 437, 459, 484, 485 Joosse (2021) 189, 191 Jouanna (2012) 8, 173 Kazantzidis and Spatharas (2012) 3, 38, 118, 119, 133, 242 Ker and Wessels (2020) 193, 196, 201, 204, 205 Malherbe et al (2014) 183, 184, 193, 203, 262, 270, 320 Merz and Tieleman (2012) 159, 160, 173, 182, 193, 194, 198 Mueller (2002) 38, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147 Wilson (2010) 182, 222, 223, 259, 276, 277, 315, 395, 416 Wilson (2012) 155, 216, 221, 264, 286, 323
grief, alleviated by prerehearsal	Graver (2007) 79
grief, and consolation, chrysippus, on	Graver (2007) 43, 79, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
grief, and consolation, cicero, on	Graver (2007) 79, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
grief, and consolation, seneca, on	Graver (2007) 100, 101, 238
grief, and fear of humanity	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 328, 329
grief, and mourning	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 133, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393
grief, and pleasure in lamentation, burials and mourning, excessive female	Panoussi(2019) 93, 95, 96, 109, 110, 236, 247
grief, and veiling	Kazantzidis and Spatharas (2012) 131
grief, and, stoics	Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 387
grief, as primary passion, epictetus, on	Long (2006) 387, 388, 392
grief, as well as pity and fear, aristotle, tragedy connotes	Sorabji (2000) 291, 292
grief, as well as pity and fear, tragedy, connotes	Sorabji (2000) 291, 292
grief, at the assassination of julius caesar, jews, their	Isaac (2004) 455
grief, augustine, now need, and cannot avoid, fear	Sorabji (2000) 398
grief, but do acknowledge loss, seneca, the younger, stoic, seneca's consolations do not express	Sorabji (2000) 165, 390, 394
grief, catharsis, catharsis of	Sorabji (2000) 291, 292
grief, communication, of	Stavrianopoulou (2006) 260
grief, corinth	Nasrallah (2019) 142, 143, 148, 149, 150, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176
grief, creon, and	Agri (2022) 69, 70, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81
grief, devil, formed from achamoth’s	Williams (2009) 188
grief, exile, migration	Nasrallah (2019) 152, 153, 162, 165
grief, fading of	Graver (2007) 79
grief, fear, association with	Mermelstein (2021) 37
grief, for family members	Graver (2007) 178
grief, for friends	Graver (2007) 183, 185
grief, hatred, and	Braund and Most (2004) 223
grief, in lucan bellum civile	Fertik (2019) 29
grief, letter	Malherbe et al (2014) 904, 905
grief, love, and	Braund and Most (2004) 223
grief, lupē	Gunderson (2022) 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
grief, mourning	Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 169, 180, 213, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 253, 254
grief, mourning, cf.	Riess (2012) 219
grief, of abimelech/ebed-melech	Allison (2018) 163, 237
grief, of abraham	Graver (2007) 103
grief, of jesus	Graver (2007) 106
grief, of judas	Scopello (2008) 80, 161
grief, of persephone, ancient	Graf and Johnston (2007) 68, 69, 115, 118, 122, 123, 127
grief, of shenoute, conflict/shenoutes vocation	Dilley (2019) 269
grief, of slaves	Nasrallah (2019) 157, 158
grief, of women	Nasrallah (2019) 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166
grief, overwhelming	Graver (2007) 61, 198
grief, physical sensation of	Graver (2007) 227
grief, pity, connection to	Mermelstein (2021) 140, 141, 142
grief, plato, including fearful emotions of pity and	Sorabji (2000) 291, 292
grief, pleasurable, distress	Sorabji (2000) 80
grief, power and	Mermelstein (2021) 37, 126, 127, 128, 129, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 252
grief, private sphere/privacy, and	Fertik (2019) 60, 61
grief, public	Nasrallah (2019) 142, 143, 176, 177
grief, relationship to fear	Mermelstein (2021) 37
grief, relationship to pity	Mermelstein (2021) 140, 141, 142
grief, slaves, slavery	Nasrallah (2019) 157, 158
grief, tendency toward	Graver (2007) 142
grief, time, fading of	Graver (2007) 79
grief, weeping griffiths, paul	Graver (2007) 236
grief, women	Nasrallah (2019) 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166
grief/sadness, lupê/lupêma, as	Kazantzidis and Spatharas (2012) 133, 258

List of validated texts:

15 validated results for "grief"

1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 2.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • grief • grief and mourning

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 390; Corley (2002) 74

2.7. וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה׃''. None

2.7. Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.''. None

2. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • grief (lupē) • grief, mourning • mourning, grief

Found in books: Gunderson (2022) 94; Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 241

3. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • grief • grief, mourning • mourning, grief

Found in books: Merz and Tieleman (2012) 194; Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 240, 241

4. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Chrysippus, on grief and consolation • Cicero, on grief and consolation • Creon, and grief • Seneca, the Younger, Stoic, Seneca's consolations do not express grief, but do acknowledge loss • Stoics, grief and • grief • grief (lupē) • grief and mourning • grief, • grief, mourning • grief, physical sensation of • grief, weeping Griffiths, Paul • mourning, grief

Found in books: Agri (2022) 78; Atkins and Bénatouïl (2021) 157, 159, 162, 163, 263; Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 387, 389; Graver (2007) 43, 196, 197, 227, 236; Gunderson (2022) 94; Merz and Tieleman (2012) 193, 198; Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 240; Sorabji (2000) 165

5. Philo of Alexandria, On Curses, 31 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • grief, • humanity, grief and fear of

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 328; Wilson (2010) 416

31. And this, too, I do through the pity which exists in rational nature, in order that it may be raised from the hell of the passions to the heavenly region of virtue; I being the guide, who also have made the road which leads to heaven, so that it may be a plain road for suppliant souls, and have shown it to them all, in order that they may not foolishly wander out of the way. X. ''. None

6. None, None, nan (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Seneca, on grief and consolation • humanity, grief and fear of

Found in books: Birnbaum and Dillon (2020) 328; Graver (2007) 238

7. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 9.19-9.27, 15.29 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Corinth, grief • Grief • grief • grief (lupē) • grief, exile, migration • grief, of women • women, grief

Found in books: Gray (2021) 82; Gunderson (2022) 63; Malherbe et al (2014) 270; Nasrallah (2019) 152, 164, 171, 173

9.19. Ἐλεύθερος γὰρ ὢν ἐκ πάντων πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἐδούλωσα, ἵνα τοὺς πλείονας κερδήσω· 9.20. καὶ ἐγενόμην τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὡς Ἰουδαῖος, ἵνα Ἰουδαίους κερδήσω· τοῖς ὑπὸ νόμον ὡς ὑπὸ νόμον, μὴ ὢν αὐτὸς ὑπὸ νόμον, ἵνα τοὺς ὑπὸ νόμον κερδήσω· 9.21. τοῖς ἀνόμοις ὡς ἄνομος, μὴ ὢν ἄνομος θεοῦ ἀλλʼ ἔννομος Χριστοῦ, ἵνα κερδανῶ τοὺς ἀνόμους· 9.22. ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀσθενέσιν ἀσθενής, ἵνα τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς κερδήσω· τοῖς πᾶσιν γέγονα πάντα, ἵνα πάντως τινὰς σώσω. 9.23. πάντα δὲ ποιῶ διὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ἵνα συνκοινωνὸς αὐτοῦ γένωμαι. 9.24. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἐν σταδίῳ τρέχοντες πάντες μὲν τρέχουσιν, εἷς δὲ λαμβάνει τὸ βραβεῖον; οὕτως τρέχετε ἵνα καταλάβητε. 9.25. πᾶς δὲ ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος πάντα ἐγκρατεύεται, ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν ἵνα φθαρτὸν στέφανον λάβωσιν, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄφθαρτον. 9.26. ἐγὼ τοίνυν οὕτως τρέχω ὡς οὐκ ἀδήλως, οὕτως πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων· 9.27. ἀλλὰ ὑπωπιάζω μου τὸ σῶμα καὶ δουλαγωγῶ, μή πως ἄλλοις κηρύξας αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι.
15.29. Ἐπεὶ τί ποιήσουσιν οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν; εἰ ὅλως νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται, τί καὶ βαπτίζονται ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν;''. None

9.19. For though I was free fromall, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 9.20. To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to thosewho are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those whoare under the law; 9.21. to those who are without law, as without law(not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that Imight win those who are without law. 9.22. To the weak I became asweak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men,that I may by all means save some.' "9.23. Now I do this for thegospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker of it." "9.24. Don't youknow that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize?Run like that, that you may win." '9.25. Every man who strives in thegames exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive acorruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 9.26. I therefore run likethat, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, 9.27. but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by anymeans, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.' "
15.29. Or else what will they do whoare baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why thenare they baptized for the dead?"'. None

8. New Testament, 1 Thessalonians, 4.13-4.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Corinth, grief • grief • grief, Corinth • grief, public

Found in books: Malherbe et al (2014) 183, 184, 320; Nasrallah (2019) 142, 174

4.13. Οὐ θέλομεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί, περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων, ἵνα μὴ λυπῆσθε καθὼς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα. 4.14. εἰ γὰρ πιστεύομεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἀνέστη, οὕτως καὶ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἄξει σὺν αὐτῷ. 4.15. Τοῦτο γὰρ ὑμῖν λέγομεν ἐν λόγῳ κυρίου, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλειπόμενοι εἰς τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ κυρίου οὐ μὴ φθάσωμεν τοὺς κοιμηθέντας· 4.16. ὅτι αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ἐν κελεύσματι, ἐν φωνῇ ἀρχαγγέλου καὶ ἐν σάλπιγγι θεοῦ, καταβήσεται ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστήσονται πρῶτον, 4.17. ἔπειτα ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλειπόμενοι ἅμα σὺν αὐτοῖς ἁρπαγησόμεθα ἐν νεφέλαις εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ κυρίου εἰς ἀέρα· καὶ οὕτως πάντοτε σὺν κυρίῳ ἐσόμεθα.''. None

4.13. But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope. " '4.14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 4.15. For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep. ' "4.16. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, " '4.17. then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. '". None

9. New Testament, Romans, 7.15, 7.19, 9.16 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Grief • grief (lupē) • grief, of women • women, grief

Found in books: Gray (2021) 82; Gunderson (2022) 72, 73, 90, 95, 97, 98; Nasrallah (2019) 164

7.15. ὃ γὰρ κατεργάζομαι οὐ γινώσκω· οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω τοῦτο πράσσω, ἀλλʼ ὃ μισῶ τοῦτο ποιῶ.
7.19. οὐ γὰρ ὃ θέλω ποιῶ ἀγαθόν, ἀλλὰ ὃ οὐ θέλω κακὸν τοῦτο πράσσω.
9.16. ἄρα οὖν οὐ τοῦ θέλοντος οὐδὲ τοῦ τρέχοντος, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ἐλεῶντος θεοῦ.''. None

7.15. For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. " "
7.19. For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice. " '
9.16. So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy. '". None

10. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 99.16 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Creon, and grief • grief • grief (lupē) • grief, mourning • mourning, grief

Found in books: Agri (2022) 72; Gunderson (2022) 91; Merz and Tieleman (2012) 194; Poulsen and Jönsson (2021) 239, 240, 241, 253, 254

99.16. What, then, shall we do? Let us allow them to fall, but let us not command them do so; let us weep according as emotion floods our eyes, but not as much as mere imitation shall demand. Let us, indeed, add nothing to natural grief, nor augment it by following the example of others. The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself: how few men are sad in their own company! They lament the louder for being heard; persons who are reserved and silent when alone are stirred to new paroxysms of tears when they behold others near them! At such times they lay violent hands upon their own persons, – though they might have done this more easily if no one were present to check them; at such times they pray for death; at such times they toss themselves from their couches. But their grief slackens with the departure of onlookers. ' '. None

11. None, None, nan (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Corinth, grief • grief (lupē) • grief, Corinth • grief, exile, migration • grief, of slaves • grief, public • letter, grief • slaves, slavery, grief

Found in books: Gunderson (2022) 64, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80; Malherbe et al (2014) 904; Nasrallah (2019) 142, 152, 157, 174

12. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.3.11 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • grief (lupē) • grief, of women • women, grief

Found in books: Gunderson (2022) 61, 62; Nasrallah (2019) 166

2.3.11. βασιλεύειν μὲν δὴ διʼ αὐτὴν Ἰάσονα ἐν Κορίνθῳ, Μηδείᾳ δὲ παῖδας μὲν γίνεσθαι, τὸ δὲ ἀεὶ τικτόμενον κατακρύπτειν αὐτὸ ἐς τὸ ἱερὸν φέρουσαν τῆς Ἥρας, κατακρύπτειν δὲ ἀθανάτους ἔσεσθαι νομίζουσαν· τέλος δὲ αὐτήν τε μαθεῖν ὡς ἡμαρτήκοι τῆς ἐλπίδος καὶ ἅμα ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἰάσονος φωραθεῖσαν—οὐ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔχειν δεομένῃ συγγνώμην, ἀποπλέοντα δὲ ἐς Ἰωλκὸν οἴχεσθαι—, τούτων δὲ ἕνεκα ἀπελθεῖν καὶ Μήδειαν παραδοῦσαν Σισύφῳ τὴν ἀρχήν.''. None

2.3.11. Through her Jason was king in Corinth, and Medea, as her children were born, carried each to the sanctuary of Hera and concealed them, doing so in the belief that so they would be immortal. At last she learned that her hopes were vain, and at the same time she was detected by Jason. When she begged for pardon he refused it, and sailed away to Iolcus. For these reasons Medea too departed, and handed over the kingdom to Sisyphus. ''. None

13. Vergil, Georgics, 4.507-4.509
Tagged with subjects: • burials and mourning, excessive female grief and pleasure in lamentation • grief

Found in books: Panoussi(2019) 93; Thorsen et al. (2021) 56

4.507. Septem illum totos perhibent ex ordine menses 4.508. rupe sub aeria deserti ad Strymonis undam 4.509. flesse sibi et gelidis haec evolvisse sub antris''. None

4.507. And grant a prosperous end. For save by force 4.508. No rede will he vouchsafe, nor shalt thou bend 4.509. His soul by praying; whom once made captive, ply''. None

14. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • grief (lupē) • grief, physical sensation of

Found in books: Graver (2007) 227; Gunderson (2022) 93

15. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • grief

Found in books: Chaniotis (2012) 112; Chaniotis (2021) 19

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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