concept

Shame

Beliefs & concepts

The named moral exposure of failing before others or the sacred. Not guilt as the inward burden alone, and not modesty as measured self-presentation.

Hellenic religion

  • Shame appears in Hellenic religion.

    The Iliad seats αἰδώς as exposure before peers and the sacred — fighters urged to feel shame at flight, guests and hosts bound by measured regard. A named shame in that epic, not guilt as inward burden alone and not modesty as self-presentation alone.

    from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Iliad · Homer

    Homer, Iliad.