Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Anger of Achilles

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Achilles has anger issues. The great Greek warrior sits out most of the Trojan War because he's angrily sulking. When he finally enters battle, he does so in a fit of rage that causes him to commit atrocities and bring dishonor on himself.

So what can we learn from this angry character in Homer's epic poem, The Iliad? With the help of Harvard classics expert Greg Nagy and anger counsellor Dr Faith Harper, we look at how anger can creep up on us and what we can do to defuse this sometimes explosive emotion.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Cassidy Hubberth from ESPN.
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0:31.0	Hey, it's Dr. Laurie Santos here.
0:33.6	If you're a regular listener of my podcast, The Happiness Lab, you'll know the power that
0:37.2	face-to-face interactions have to improve our mood and our well-being.
0:41.4	While this April, I plan to put that good advice into action, I'll be taking to the stage
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1:02.6	The first live event will be in the Boston area on April 6th.
1:06.1	I'll be heading to the Arts at the Armory in Somerville, where I'll be joined by a Harvard
1:09.6	Psychology professor, Jason Mitchell.
1:12.2	Jason teaches Harvard's famous Gen X class on the Science of Happiness.
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