Schadenfreude and its Wicked Delights in Ancient Greece

Schadenfreude, "pleasure in other people''s misfortunes", is an emotion that pervades Greek texts and pervaded Greek communities. Many of their salient characteristics provided the ideal terrain for schadenfreude: competitiveness, a fierce attachment to honor and reputation, the neat partition between friends and enemies, and the exposure of people''s lives to the public eye. This book draws on th...