Vassiliki Panoussi

Greek Tragedy in Vergil's Aeneid

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a systematic study of the importance of Greek tragedy as a fundamental 'intertext' for Vergil's Aeneid.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780521895224
• ISBN-10: 0521895227
• Artikelnr.: 26369790

Autorenporträt

Vassiliki Panoussi is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Ritual: 1. Ritual violence and the failure of sacrifice
2. Suicide, devotion, and ritual closure
3. The fragility of reconciliation: ritual restoration and the devine
4. Maenad brides and the destruction of the city
5. Mourning glory: ritual lament and Roman civic identity
Part II. Empire: 6. Heroic identity: Vergil's Ajax
7. Contesting idealologies: ritual and empire.