Aspects of death and the afterlife in Greek literature / edited by George Alexander Gazis and Anthony Hooper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gazis, George Alexander, editor.

Hooper, Anthony (Researcher in ancient philosophy), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Death in literature.

Future life in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Path Neither Simple Nor Single: The Afterlife As Good To Tnink With / Radcliffe G. Edmonds

2. The Somatics Of The Greek Dead / Vayos Liapis

3. Life And Death Of The Greek Heroine In Odyssey 11 And The Hesiodic Catalogue Of Women / Ioannis Ziogas

4. What Is Your Lot? Lyric Pessimism And Pindar's Afterlife / George Alexander Gazis

5. In Quest For Authority: Parmenides And The Tradition Of Katabasis Narratives / Nicold Benzi

6. Death As Dehumanisation In Sophocles' Philoctetes / Chiara Blanco

7. Socrates' Conception Of The Underworld / Rick Benitez

8. Judges In Hades From Homer To Plato / Alberto Bernabe

9. Renovating The House Of Hades: Cult Extensions And Socratic Reconstructions / Anthony Hooper

10. Stoic Agnosticisms About Death / Alex Long.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781789621495

1789621496

OCLC:

1246538664

Publisher Number:

99988377176