Restless dead : encounters between the living and the dead in ancient Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston.
Restless dead : encounters between the living and the dead in ancient Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston.
Restless dead : encounters between the living and the dead in ancient Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N133.10938/1
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English
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xxi, 329 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. A Short History of the Dead in Ancient Greece. 1. Elpenor and Others: Narrative Descriptions of the Dead. 2. To Honor and Avert: Rituals Addressed to the Dead. 3. Magical Solutions to Deadly Problems: The Origin and Roles of the Goes -- Pt. II. Restless Dead. 4. The Unavenged: Dealing with Th...
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
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California
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Topics of focus include the origin of the goes (the ritual practitioner who made interaction with the dead his specialty), the threat to the living presented by the ghosts of those who died dishonorably or prematurely, the development of Hecate into a mistress of ghosts and its connection to female rites of transition, and the complex nature of the...
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Restless dead : encounters between the living and the dead in ancient Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-307) and index.
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N133.10938/1
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74VvW68aaaK3
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0520217071 (alk. paper)
9780520217072 (alk. paper)
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133.10938
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991011891799702626
