Silvia Montiglio: An Immoral Pleasure? Schadenfreude in Illiad and Odyssey
The Skylight Room at The Commons 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MDThe Humanities Forum presents Silvia Montiglio, who will present the 2022 Ancient Studies Week Lecture, “An Immoral Pleasure? Schadenfreude in Illiad and Odyssey.” In this talk, Montiglio will discuss the importance of schadenfreude, or “pleasure in other people’s misfortunes," in the Iliad and the Odyssey and relate its manifestations to the moral and theological outlooks of the two Homeric epics.