The ritual lament in Greek tradition

by: Alexiou, M.

Price: 95,00 EURO

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The ritual lament in Greek tradition
Author:Margaret Alexiou

Contents:
Part 1 Lament and Ritual Chapter 2 Tradition and change in antiquity Chapter 3 From paganism to Christianity Chapter 4 Modern survivals Part 5 Gods, cities, and men Chapter 6 The ritual lament for gods and heroes Chapter 7 The historical lament for the fall or destruction of cities Chapter 8 The classification of ancient and modern laments and songs to the dead Part 9 The common tradition Chapter 10 Antiphonal structure and antithetical thought Chapter 11 Conventions, themes, and formulae Chapter 12 The allusive method

xiii, 274 pages illustrations 23 cm

Subjects:
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies Greece
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Greece
Funérailles Rites et cérémonies Grèce
Greece
Greek funeral customs Laments, B.C.600-A.D.1970 Critical studies
Grieks
Klaagliederen
Lamentations Grèce Histoire et critique
Laments
Laments Greece
Laments Greece History and criticism
Nieuwgrieks

The ritual lament in Greek tradition

by: Alexiou, M.

• ISBN-13: 9780521202268 / 978-0-521-20226-8
• ISBN-03: 0521202264 / 0-521-20226-4
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1974

Price: 95,00 EURO

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