Tragedy, ritual, and money in ancient Greece : selected essays / Richard Seaford, University of Exeter ; edited with a foreword by Robert Bostock, University of New England, Australia.

Richard Seaford is one of the most original and provocative classicists of his age. This volume brings together a wide range of papers written with a single focus. Several are pioneering explorations of the tragic evocation and representation of rites of passage: mystic initiation, the wedding, and...

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Main Author: Seaford, Richard (Author)
Other title:Essays. Selections
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Tragedy - general
  • Part II: Performance and the mysteries
  • Part III: Tragedy and death ritual
  • Part IV: Tragedy and marriage
  • Part V: New testament
  • Part VI: the inner self
  • Part VII: India and Greece
  • Part VII: Money and modernity.