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Author:

Gould, John, 1927-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

430 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Greek literature--History and criticism.
Mythology, Greek
Greece--Civilization.

Notes:

Originally published: 2001. 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'

ISBN:

9780198152996
019815299X
9780199265817 (pbk.)
019926581X (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60615208

Locations:

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)