Tragedy, ritual, and money in ancient Greece : selected essays /

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 d...

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Main Author: Seaford, Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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