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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bridget MartinPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 9781802078442ISBN 10: 1802078444 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 28 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. A framework: The Homeric and contemporary dead 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Homeric dead 1.3 The contemporary fifth-century dead 1.4 Conclusion Chapter 2. The tragic dead: The witless and/or the aware 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The scale of awareness 2.2.1 Death is οὐδέν 2.2.2 Egocentric awareness 2.2.3 Family reunion 2.2.4 A (hierarchical) society of the dead 2.2.5 Postmortem rewards and punishments 2.2.6 Prophetic knowledge 2.2.7 The manifest dead 2.3 Conclusion Chapter 3. The how and the why of interaction: The manifest evidence 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The living interacting with the dead: necromancy 3.2.1 Darius in Aeschylus’ Persians 3.2.2 Teiresias in Aeschylus’ Psychagōgoi 3.2.3 Agamemnon in Aeschylus’ Choephori 3.3 The dead interacting with the living: Dreams 3.3.1 Clytemnestra in Aeschylus’ Eumenides 3.3.2 Polydorus in Euripides’ Hecuba 3.4 Spontaneous interaction: Achilles in Euripides’ Hecuba 3.5 Conclusion Chapter 4. The living harming the dead: Exposure, mutilation and exclusion 4.1 Introduction 4.2 A concern for the living 4.3 Burial and exposure: extent and limitations 4.3.1 Burial 4.3.2 Exposure and mutilation 4.4 Physical harm in the Underworld 4.5 Exposure before enemies: remembering and dismembering 4.6 Exclusion from/within the Underworld 4.7 Conclusion Chapter 5. The dead harming the living: Autonomy and agents 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Autonomous revenge from the dead 5.3 Olympian agents 5.4 The Erinyes 5.5 Living agents 5.5.1 Agamemnon in Aeschylus’ Choephori 5.5.2 Achilles in Euripides’ Hecuba 5.6 Conclusion Conclusion: The Alcestis EffectReviews'Martin has produced an attractive and useful book on a topic of considerable interest. It is well written... Perhaps the book's greatest strength is that, while exploring the beliefs and customs concerning the dead, she consistently foregrounds the interests and dynamics of the dramatic works in which they appear.' Michael R. Halleran, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationBridget Martin is an Occasional Lecturer and Tutor in Classics at University College Dublin. She has written several articles on funerary topics and Greek tragedy; this is her first monograph. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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