"The editors and contributors are to be congratulated in opening up this subject for further research and synthesis. We look forward to subsequent volumes on other emotions." Jeremy Mynott in: Classics For All (08.01.2019),https://classicsforall.org.uk/book-reviews/hope-in-ancient-literature-history-and-art-ancient-emotions-i/
"[...] the book is valuable reading for anybody interested in how the ancients represented the experience of hope and the complexities of its implications." Pia Campeggiani in: Clio Online 161/1 (2019)
"This is a well-edited (excellent indexes) and substantial volume, containing meticulously researched contributions. Nobody will be able to neglect it, and, for many issues concerning elpis/spes, both methodological and related, this will now be the first port of call." Andrej Petrovic in: Greece and Rome 66.1 (2019), 163-178
George Kazantzidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece; Dimos Spatharas, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.