Myth, ritual, memory, and exchange : essays in Greek literature and culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gould, John, 1927-2001
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	Greek literature > History and criticism. Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C. Literature and society > Greece. Mythology, Greek, in literature. Ritual in literature. Memory in literature. Mythology, Greek. Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Littérature et société > Grèce. Mythologie grecque dans la littérature. Rituel dans la littérature. Mémoire dans la littérature. Mythologie grecque. Grèce > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C. Civilization Greek literature Literature and society Memory in literature Mythology, Greek Mythology, Greek, in literature Ritual in literature Greece Geschichte Griechisch Kultur Literatur Griechenland > Altertum Aufsatzsammlung Letterkunde. Grieks. Griekse oudheid. Mythologie. Cultuurgeschiedenis. Griechisch. Literatur. Literature and society > Greece Greek literature > History and criticism Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism To 146 B.C. Aufsatzsammlung. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

1. Ancient poetry and modern readers
2. Hiketeia
Addendum (2000)
3. Dramatic character and 'Human intelligibility' in Greek tragedy
4. Law, custom, and myth : aspects of the social position of women in classical Athens
5. Homeric epic and the tragic moment
6. Tragedy in performance
7. On making sense of Greek religion
8. Mothers' Day : a note on Euripides' Bacchae
9. The language of Oedipus
10. Oedipus and Antigone at Thebes
11. Dionysus and the Hippy Convoy : ritual, myth, and metaphor in the cult of Dionysus
12. Give and take in Herodotus
13. Plato and performance
14. 'And tell sad stories of the deaths of kings' " Greek tragic drama as narrative
15. The idea of society in the Iliad
Addendum (2000)
16. Herodotus and religion
17. Tragedy and collective experience
18. Myth, memory, and the chorus : 'Tragic rationality'.