# Douglas Cairns

Classicist specializing in Greek ethics, emotions, and literature; challenges shame-culture paradigm through psychological and conceptual metaphor analysis.

**Lived:** 1961–present (b. Glasgow, Scotland)
**Nationality:** Scottish
**Training:** MA (Hons) in Classics, University of Glasgow (1983); PhD in Greek, University of Glasgow (1987)
**Affiliation:** Professor of Classics, University of Edinburgh (since 2004); Fellow of the British Academy; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Member of the Academia Europaea

## Key works

- *Aidôs: The Psychology and Ethics of Honour and Shame in Ancient Greek Literature* (1993)
- *Oxford Readings in Homer's Iliad* (2001)
- *Sophocles: Antigone* (2016)
- *A Cultural History of the Emotions in Antiquity* (2019)
- *In the Mind, in the Body, in the World: Emotions and Materiality in Premodern Europe* (2024)