Beyond death in the Oresteia : poetics, ethics, and politics /

"Afterlives in the Oresteia Similarly, David said to the Holy One, blessed be He, "make me to know my end," that is, he wished to know to which end he was allotted, and his mind was not at rest 'til the good tidings reached him, "Sit at my right hand" (Ps. 110:1). (Zoha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shilo, Amit, 1978- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Aeschylus. > Oresteia. Oresteia (Aeschylus) Future life in literature. Greek literature > History and criticism. Vie future dans la littérature. Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Future life in literature Greek literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Half-title page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
A Note on Abbreviations and Translations
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Herald of the Agamemnon: Accounting the Dead
Chapter 2 The Chorus of the Agamemnon: Human Views on the Beyond
Chapter 3 Prophecy on the Banks of the Acheron: Thinking Cassandra Past Her Doom
Chapter 4 Afterlives at the Tomb of Agamemnon
Chapter 5 Heroes in the Oresteia
Chapter 6 The Ghost of Clytemnestra
Chapter 7 The Tablet-Writing Mind of Hades: Omniscient Ethical Judgment
Conclusions
References
General Index
Index Locorum