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This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel. The collection also contains two papers from modern socio-psychology.

Crying in literature --- Tears in literature --- Classical literature --- Crying --- History and criticism --- Social aspects --- Crying in literature. --- Tears in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Pleurs dans la littérature --- Larmes dans la littérature --- Littérature ancienne --- Pleurs --- Histoire et critique --- Aspect social --- Classical literature - History and criticism. --- Classical literature --History and criticism. --- Crying - Social aspects - Greece. --- Crying - Social aspects - Rome. --- Crying --Social aspects --Greece. --- Crying --Social aspects --Rome. --- Weeping --- Emotions --- Nonverbal communication --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- Literature, Classical --- Literature --- Literature, Ancient --- Greek literature --- Latin literature --- Classical literature - History and criticism --- Crying - Social aspects - Greece --- Crying - Social aspects - Rome --- Crying (literature). --- Dacryology (literature). --- Grief (literature). --- Tears (literature).