Greek tragedy in Vergil's "Aeneid" : ritual, empire, and intertext / Vassiliki Panoussi.
This book is a systematic study of the importance of Greek tragedy as a fundamental 'intertext' for Vergil's Aeneid. Vassiliki Panoussi argues that the epic's representation of ritual acts, especially sacrifice, mourning, marriage, and maenadic rites, mobilizes a connection to tr...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Latin |
| Published: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
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Table of Contents:
- Ritual violence and the failure of sacrifice
- Suicide, devotio, and ritual closure
- The fragility of reconciliation : ritual restoration and the divine
- Maenad brides and the destruction of the city
- Mourning glory : ritual lament and Roman civic identity
- Heroic identity : Vergil's Ajax
- Contesting ideologies : ritual and empire.