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Leaving Words to Remember
Katharine Derderian
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Greek Mourning and the Advent of Literacy
出版BRILL, 2017-07-31
主題Literary Criticism / Ancient & ClassicalLiterary Criticism / MedievalHistory / Ancient / GeneralHistory / Civilization
ISBN90474004539789047400455
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2AT1DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This volume examines the influence of literacy on the development of different genres of mourning in ancient Greece.
The oral tradition of lament in the Homeric poems forms the point of departure for close readings of epigraphic material and written texts commemorating the dead in the archaic and classical periods, including grave epigrams, threnoi, tragedy, and Athenian epitaphioi. These texts reveal the non-linear development of Greek literacy and offer insight into the ongoing influence of lament in diverse poetic genres and the evolving uses of death and mourning in different media.
In particular, the discussion focuses on the role of writing in commemorating soldiers and the evolution of the written memorial into a historical and civic medium of communication.