The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

Margaret Alexiou's The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, first published in 1974, has long since been established as a classic in several fields. This is the only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive and penetrating synthesis. Its interdisciplinary orientation and broad scope have rendered The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition an indispensable reference work for classicists, byzantinists, neohellenists, folklorists, and anthropologists. Now a second edition, revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, has been made available. This new edition also includes a valuable up-to-date bibliography on ritual lament and death in Greek culture.

List of 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

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By Margaret Alexiou - Edited by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos

Summary

First published in 1974, this is a generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition, and a variety of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive synthesis. This edition includes an updated bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Alexiou
• Assisted by: Panagiotis Roilos (Editor), Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780742507562
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0756-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 158 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 524 g
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; Greek Studies: Interdisciplina; Greek Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories