Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Bridget Martin
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
ISBN:  

9781789621501

ISBN 10:   178962150
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 April 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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 Contents

Introduction 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 Effect

Reviews

'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 Information

Bridget 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 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions