Beyond Death in the Oresteia
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Beyond Death in the Oresteia

Poetics, Ethics, and Politics

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Beyond Death in the Oresteia

Poetics, Ethics, and Politics

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The Oresteia is permeated with depictions of the afterlife, which have never been examined together. In this book Amit Shilo analyses their intertwined and conflicting implications. He argues for a 'poetics of multiplicity' and 'poetics of the beyond' that inform the ongoing debates over justice, fate, ethics, and politics in the trilogy. The book presents novel, textually-grounded readings of Cassandra's fate, Clytemnestra's ghost scene, mourning ritual, hero cult, and punishment by Hades. It offers a fresh perspective on the political thought of the trilogy by contrasting the ethical focus of the Erinyes and Hades with Athena's insistence on divine unity and warfare. Shedding new light on the trilogy as a whole, this book is crucial reading for students and scholars of classical literature and religion. This title is available asopen access on Cambridge Core.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781108962216
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. A Note on Abbreviations and Translations
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 The Herald of the Agamemnon: Accounting the Dead
  11. Chapter 2 The Chorus of the Agamemnon: Human Views on the Beyond
  12. Chapter 3 Prophecy on the Banks of the Acheron: Thinking Cassandra Past Her Doom
  13. Chapter 4 Afterlives at the Tomb of Agamemnon
  14. Chapter 5 Heroes in the Oresteia
  15. Chapter 6 The Ghost of Clytemnestra
  16. Chapter 7 The Tablet-Writing Mind of Hades: Omniscient Ethical Judgment
  17. Conclusions
  18. References
  19. General Index
  20. Index Locorum