Aspects of Death and the Afterlife in Greek Literature
Author:   George Alexander Gazis ,  Anthony Hooper (Lecturer, University of Wollongong (Australia))
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
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Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 March 2024
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Author:   George Alexander Gazis ,  Anthony Hooper (Lecturer, University of Wollongong (Australia))
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
ISBN:  

9781802074802


ISBN 10:   1802074805
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. A Path Neither Simple Nor Single: The Afterlife as Good to Think with. Radcliffe Edmonds 2. The Somatics of the Greek Dead Vaios Liapis 3. Life and Death of the Greek Heroine in Odyssey 11 and the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women Ioannis Ziogas 4. What is your lot? Lyric pessimism and Pindar’s afterlife George Alexander Gazis 5. In quest for authority: Parmenides and the tradition of katabasis narratives Nicolo Benzi 6. Death as dehumanization in Sophocles’ Philoctetes Chiara Blanco 7. Socrates' Conception of the Underworld Rick Benitez 8. Judges in Hades from Homer to Plato Alberto Benarbé 9. Renovating the House of Hades: Cult Extensions and Socratic Reconstructions Anthony Hooper 10. Stoic agnosticisms about death Alex Long

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"'The overarching theme of the volume is the great variety, malleability, conflation, and manipulation of the traditional views of the afterlife. This is an important point, and the essays collectively make it. They are, to echo the title of Edmonds’ opening essay, “good to think with.""' Michael Halleran, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"


'The overarching theme of the volume is the great variety, malleability, conflation, and manipulation of the traditional views of the afterlife. This is an important point, and the essays collectively make it. They are, to echo the title of Edmonds’ opening essay, “good to think with.""' Michael Halleran, Bryn Mawr Classical Review


"'The overarching theme of the volume is the great variety, malleability, conflation, and manipulation of the traditional views of the afterlife. This is an important point, and the essays collectively make it. They are, to echo the title of Edmonds’ opening essay, “good to think with.""' Michael Halleran, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"


Author Information

George Alexander Gazis is an Assistant Professor in Greek Literature at the Department of Classics and Ancient History, Durham University. He is the author of Homer and the poetics of Hades (OUP 2018). Anthony Hooper is Lecturer at the School of Liberal Arts, University of Wollongong, Australia. His research focuses particularly on intersections between Greek philosophy, poetry, and religion.

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