Leaving words to remember [[electronic resource] ] : Greek mourning and the advent of literacy / / by Katharine Derderian

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783490803321
• Autore: Derderian Katharine <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001
• ISBN: 1-280-46431-3; 9786610464319; 1-4175-9078-5; 90-474-0045-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Collana: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; ; 209
• Disciplina: 880.9/3548
• Soggetti: Greek literature - History and criticism; Death in literature; Funeral rites and ceremonies - Greece; Mourning customs - Greece - History; Written communication - Greece; Mourning customs in literature; Grief in literature; Literacy - Greece; Greece Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE UNSPEAKABLE LAMENT: THE HOMERIC ΓOOΣ AND THE HEROES -- THE ARCHAIC EPIGRAM AND THE ADVENT OF WRITING -- ΓRAMMATA ΛEΓONTA TAΔE: CASE STUDIES IN CLASSICAL MOURNING -- THE EPITAPHIOS LOGOS AND MOURNING IN THE ATHENIAN POLIS -- SOME CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF GREEK TERMS -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.W. Pleket , C.J. Ruijgh , D.M. Schenkeveld and P.H. Schrijvers.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume examines the influence of literacy on the development of different genres of mourning in ancient Greece. The oral tradition of lament in the Homeric poems forms the point of departure for close ; readings of epigraphic material and written texts commemorating the dead in the archaic and classical periods, including grave epigrams, threnoi, tragedy, and Athenian epitaphioi . These texts reveal the non-linear development of Greek literacy and offer insight into the ongoing influence of lament in diverse poetic genres and the evolving uses of death and mourning in different media. In particular, the discussion focuses on the role of writing in commemorating soldiers and the evolution of the written memorial into a historical and civic medium of communication.