Beyond Death in the Oresteia : Poetics, Ethics, and Politics
by
Amit Shilo
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108832741
ISBN-13
9781108832748
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 8th, 2022
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
516 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
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The diverse afterlife scenarios that pervade the Oresteia have never been examined together. This innovative study argues that they transform its thematic, ethical, and political issues. A new approach to a central work of world literature, this book is crucial reading for students and scholars of Greek literature and religion.
The Oresteia is permeated with depictions of the afterlife, which have never been examined together. In this book, Amit Shilo analyzes their intertwined and conflicting implications. He argues for a ''poetics of multiplicity'' and a ''poetics of the beyond'' that inform the ongoing debates over justice, fate, ethics, and politics in the trilogy. The book presents novel, textually grounded readings of Cassandra''s fate, Clytemnestra''s ghost scene, mourning ritual, hero cult, and punishment by Hades. It offers a fresh perspective on the political thought of the trilogy by contrasting the ethical focus of the Erinyes and Hades with Athena''s insistence on divine unity and warfare. Shedding new light on the trilogy as a whole, this book is crucial reading for students and scholars of classical literature and religion.
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