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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826369503321

Autore

Derderian Katharine <1970->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001

ISBN

1-280-46431-3

9786610464319

1-4175-9078-5

90-474-0045-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.