Harmful interaction between the living and the dead in Greek tragedy. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bridget Martin.
• Authors: Martin, Bridget
• Contents: 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 -- 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 -- 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 Table 1: Burial rites in tragedy -- Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 882.0109; Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism; Ghosts in literature; Dead in literature; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1789627419; 9781789627411
• Related ISBNs: 178962150X; 9781789621501
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2020).
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