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Tragedy and Athenian Religion

Author : Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739104002
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Tragedy and Athenian Religion written by Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stemming from Harvard University's Carl Newell Jackson Lectures, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood's Tragedy and Athenian Religion sets out a radical reexamination of the relationship between Greek tragedy and religion. Based on a reconstruction of the context in which tragedy was generated as a ritual performance during the festival of the City Dionysia, Sourvinou-Inwood shows that religious exploration had been crucial in the emergence of what developed into fifth-century Greek tragedy. A contextual analysis of the perceptions of fifth-century Athenians suggests that the ritual elements clustered in the tragedies of Euripides, Aeschylus, and Sophocles provided a framework for the exploration of religious issues, in a context perceived to be part of a polis ritual. This reassessment of Athenian tragedy is based both on a reconstruction of the Dionysia and the various stages of its development and on a deep textual analysis of fifth-century tragedians. By examining the relationship between fifth-century tragedies and performative context, Tragedy and Athenian Religion presents a groundbreaking view of tragedy as a discourse that explored (among other topics) the problematic religious issues of the time and so ultimately strengthened Athenian religion even at a time of crisis in very complex ways-- rather than, as some simpler modern readings argue, challenging and attacking religion and the gods.

Honor Thy Gods

Author : Jon D. Mikalson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469617188
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Honor Thy Gods written by Jon D. Mikalson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Honor Thy Gods Jon Mikalson uses the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides to explore popular religious beliefs and practices of Athenians in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and examines how these playwrights portrayed, manipulated, and otherwise represented popular religion in their plays. He discusses the central role of honor in ancient Athenian piety and shows that the values of popular piety are not only reflected but also reaffirmed in tragedies. Mikalson begins by examining what tragic characters and choruses have to say about the nature of the gods and their intervention in human affairs. Then, by tracing the fortunes of diverse characters -- among them Creon and Antigone, Ajax and Odysseus, Hippolytus, Pentheus, and even Athens and Troy -- he shows that in tragedy those who violate or challenge contemporary popular religious beliefs suffer, while those who support these beliefs are rewarded. The beliefs considered in Mikalson's analysis include Athenians' views on matters regarding asylum, the roles of guests and hosts, oaths, the various forms of divination, health and healing, sacrifice, pollution, the religious responsibilities of parents, children, and citizens, homicide, the dead, and the afterlife. After summarizing the vairous forms of piety and impiety related to these beliefs found in the tragedies, Mikalson isolates "honoring the gods" as the fundamental concept of Greek piety. He concludes by describing the different relationships of the three tragedians to the religion of their time and their audience, arguing that the tragedies of Euripides most consistently support the values of popular religion.

The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy

Author : P. E. Easterling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521423519
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (235 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy by : P. E. Easterling

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy written by P. E. Easterling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-02 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a creative medium, ancient Greek tragedy has had an extraordinarily wide influence: many of the surviving plays are still part of the theatrical repertoire, and texts like Agamemnon, Antigone, and Medea have had a profound effect on Western culture. This Companion is not a conventional introductory textbook but an attempt, by seven distinguished scholars, to present the familiar corpus in the context of modern reading, criticism, and performance of Greek tragedy. There are three main emphases: on tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens, on a range of different critical interpretations arising from fresh readings of the texts, and on changing patterns of reception, adaptation, and performance from antiquity to the present. Each chapter can be read independently, but each is linked with the others, and most examples are drawn from the same selection of plays.

Religion in Hellenistic Athens

Author : Jon D. Mikalson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052091967X
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Religion in Hellenistic Athens written by Jon D. Mikalson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now, there has been no comprehensive study of religion in Athens from the end of the classical period to the time of Rome's domination of the city. Jon D. Mikalson provides a chronological approach to religion in Hellenistic Athens, disproving the widely held belief that Hellenistic religion during this period represented a decline from the classical era. Drawing from epigraphical, historical, literary, and archaeological sources, Mikalson traces the religious cults and beliefs of Athenians from the battle of Chaeroneia in 338 B.C. to the devastation of Athens by Sulla in 86 B.C., demonstrating that traditional religion played a central and vital role in Athenian private, social, and political life. Mikalson describes the private and public religious practices of Athenians during this period, emphasizing the role these practices played in the life of the citizens and providing a careful scruntiny of individual cults. He concludes his study by using his findings from Athens to call into question several commonly held assumptions about the general development of religion in Hellenistic Greece.

Gods in Euripides

Author : Joan Josep Mussarra Roca
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 382336958X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (233 download)

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Book Synopsis Gods in Euripides by : Joan Josep Mussarra Roca

Download or read book Gods in Euripides written by Joan Josep Mussarra Roca and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the representation of gods (both as characters and as a subject for discourse) in two tragedies by Euripides: Heracles and Hippolytus. Its goal is to establish a framework for the reading of Greek tragedy and for the analysis of the various ways in which the gods of the Greek religion appear in tragic drama, and to apply it to the aforementioned plays.In this work we contend that such a framework should transcend the usual dichotomy made between a "religious" and a "non-religious" reading of Greek tragedy, and more specifically of Euripidean tragedy. This dichotomy contains in itself a cultural assumption, that is, the possibility of establishing a clear-cut distinction between a domain of religious discourse and an autonomous, profane sphere in which the representations of gods would assume a different value and meaning. There is nothing in the discursive structures of Classical Greece that allows us to posit something of the kind. The elements that appear to us as questioning the traditional representations of gods in Greek tragedy can be seen from this perspective.

Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange

Author : John Gould
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199265817
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange written by John Gould and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Greek literature and culture interact? John Gould was one of the greatest writers on Greek civilisation of his generation. The most significant of his many essays, including several previously unpublished, are revised and gathered here.

Civic Rites

Author : Nancy Evans
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520262026
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Civic Rites written by Nancy Evans and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Civic Rites clearly demonstrates the complete interdependence of religion and democracy in Athens, illustrating just how much the ancient Athenians' view of the relationship between these powerful forces differs from that in twenty-first century, Western democracies. Evans has provided a systematic, thorough, and lively treatment, liberating readers from modern expectations and offering a new window onto Athenian society."_Loren J. Samons, author of What's Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship "It is a double task the author has undertaken: to demonstrate the interdependence, nay, integration of politics and religion in the high days of 'democratic' Athens and to bring this special form of 'democracy' home to a contemporary non-specialist public. She brilliantly succeeds in both, presenting a clear and poignant narrative with graphic details. Civic Rites is a novel and fascinating course through a seemingly well-known field."_Walter Burkert, author of Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth "In equal measures intelligent, accessible, and well-informed, this book provides a contemporary introduction to classical Athenian religious practices and their manifold cultural significance. Evans interweaves overviews of political, economic, and social history with engaging descriptions of several major Attic rites. This book will interest specialists while providing students with an illuminating pathway into the familiar yet alien world of ancient Greek religion."_Deborah Boedeker, Brown University "With vivid, elegant writing and compelling imagination, Nancy Evans recreates the complex interaction of religion and politics in the ancient Athenian Democracy. Deftly interweaving chapters on cult and on political developments, she shows the general reader an Athens that is stranger to modern sensibilities than we often realize, and yet one from which we can learn many things about democratic life. A wonderful achievement."_Martha Nussbaum, author of The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy

Greek Tragedy

Author : Edith Hall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199232512
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Greek Tragedy written by Edith Hall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-21 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated introduction to ancient Greek tragedy, written by one of its most distinguished experts, which provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the dramas. A special feature is an individual essay on every one of the surviving 33 plays.

The Greek View of Life

Author : Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greek View of Life written by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Study of Piety in the Greek Tragic Chorus

Author : Henry Vogel Shelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book A Study of Piety in the Greek Tragic Chorus written by Henry Vogel Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tragedy and Myth in Ancient Greece

Author : Jean-Pierre Vernant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Tragedy and Myth in Ancient Greece written by Jean-Pierre Vernant and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Greek View of Life

Author : G. Lowes Dickinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317340256
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Greek View of Life written by G. Lowes Dickinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1896 (this twenty-third edition in 1957), this book provides a general introduction to Greek literature and thought. Among the subjects dealt with are the Greek view of religion, the state and its relation to the citizen, law, artisans and slaves, manual labour, trade and art.

Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion

Author : Esther Eidinow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316715213
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion written by Esther Eidinow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of particular actions (orthopraxy), rather than particular beliefs (orthodoxies). This volume dares to think that, both in and through religious practices and in and through religious thought and literature, the ancient Greeks engaged in a sustained conversation about the nature of the gods and how to represent and worship them. It excavates the attitudes towards the gods implicit in cult practice and analyses the beliefs about the gods embedded in such diverse texts and contexts as comedy, tragedy, rhetoric, philosophy, ancient Greek blood sacrifice, myth and other forms of storytelling. The result is a richer picture of the supernatural in ancient Greece, and a whole series of fresh questions about how views of and relations to the gods changed over time.

Euripides, the Rationalist

Author : Arthur Woollgar Verrall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Euripides, the Rationalist written by Arthur Woollgar Verrall and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Theatre of Dionysos

Author : Richard Sewell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book In the Theatre of Dionysos written by Richard Sewell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-07-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes parallel lives of Athenian democracy and Athenian tragedy--how and why they concurrently arose, blossomed and died, shaped especially by a fatal Athenian penchant for war. Demonstrates how drama emerged from four unique elements in Greek culture: bardic poetry; open sporting competition; uncodified religion; and exploratory philosophy. Imagines evolution of the tragic genre from practitioner's viewpoint"--Provided by publisher.

Sophocles and the Tragedy of Athenian Democracy

Author : D. G. Beer
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 9780313289460
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (894 download)

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Book Synopsis Sophocles and the Tragedy of Athenian Democracy by : D. G. Beer

Download or read book Sophocles and the Tragedy of Athenian Democracy written by D. G. Beer and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athenian democracy of the 5th century B.C. created the most important political theatre of western culture. Sophocles, the most successful tragic playwright of the age, was a radical innovator who produced his tragedies to present to his audience complex moral, social, and political issues of a kind that they might be faced with in their various legal and political assemblies. Beer examines Sophocles as a political playwright against the background of Athenian democracy, breaking new ground by showing the importance of the mask for understanding Sophoclean tragedy and redefining the notion of skenographia, or setting the scene. He concludes that Sophocles revolutionized the concept of dramatic space. The Athenian tragic theatre was deeply political and played an important and active role in the life of Athenian democracy. This book presents an introduction to the political nature of Greek tragedy and Sophoclean tragedy in an effort to shed new light on the dramatic works of the 5th century playwright. As Aristotle noted, Sophocles' two most important innovations were the introduction of the third actor and skenographia, which brought tragedy to its fully evolved form. Beer argues that although his use of the third actor has been widely understood, his use of skenographia has not. Carefully exploring the true sense of this method of using dramatic space, Beer brings a new understanding to the works of this old master.

Ancient Greek Religion

Author : Jon D. Mikalson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119565626
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Greek Religion written by Jon D. Mikalson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides undergraduate students with a vibrant account of the religious world of ancient Greece, now in its third edition Ancient Greek Religion offers a detailed yet accessible introduction to the beliefs, myths, rituals, and deities of Greek religion. Author Jon D. Mikalson provides a vivid depiction of Greek religious practice in Athens, Delphi, and Olympia during the Classical period and in select other cities during the Hellenistic period. This reader-friendly textbook explains basic concepts of Greek polytheism, describes major deities and cults, and discusses various aspects of Greek religious life in the context of the city-state, the village, the family, and the individual. The revised third edition features new contributions by Andrej and Ivana Petrovic. It has two new chapters: one highlighting Roman, Christian, and modern scholars’ approaches to Greek religion and one identifying the types of sources used to understand and reconstruct ancient Greek religion. This edition also expands discussion of magic and personal practices and includes an updated and expanded bibliography for each chapter. This popular textbook: Offers thorough coverage of major Greek gods, heroes, myths, and cults Presents translations of ancient texts to promote reflection and discussion Features a glossary of recurring Greek terms and a wealth of high-quality color maps, images, figures, and illustrations Describes Greek religious practice from the perspectives of different worshippers, such as priests, slaves, family members, and public officials Discusses various interpretations of the gods and the afterlife, the nature of piety and impiety, and the larger social and political context of ancient Greece Ancient Greek Religion, Third Edition, remains the ideal introductory textbook for undergraduate courses including Greek Civilization, Greek Religion, Greek and Roman Religion, Ancient Religions, and Greek History. It is also an excellent source of reference for graduate students, instructors, and scholars studying religious life in Classical Greece.