Harmful Interaction Between the Living and the Dead in Greek Tragedy

Informationen zum Autor Bridget Martin is an Occasional Lecturer in Classics at University College Dublin, Ireland. She has written several articles on funerary topics and Greek tragedy; this is her first monograph. Klappentext Examining the manifest and invisible dead, this book considers the nature, extent and limitations of harmful interaction between the living and the dead in Greek tragedy, concentrating on the abilities of the dead, the consequences of corpse exposure and mutilation, and the use of avenging agents by the dead.

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• Authors: Bridget Martin
• Assisted by: Bridget Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2023
• EAN: 9781802078442
• ISBN: 978-1-80207-844-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity