Ancient necropolitics : maltreating the living, abusing the dead in Greek antiquity /

"This is the first collection of essays approaching aspects of Greek antiquity and its reception through 'necropolitics'. It discovers traces of necropolitics in the unburied and maltreated corpses of the Homeric epics; it follows the manifestations of necropower in Greek tragedy, historiography, an...

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Other Authors:	Karakantza, E. D. (Euphēmia D.) (Editor), Velaoras, Alexandros (Editor), Meyer, Marion (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Brill, [2025]
Series:	Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 492.
Subjects:	Greek literature > History and criticism. Dead in literature. Torture in literature. Funeral rites and ceremonies > Greece. Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Morts dans la littérature. Torture dans la littérature. Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Grèce. Greek literature. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Greece. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Summary:	"This is the first collection of essays approaching aspects of Greek antiquity and its reception through 'necropolitics'. It discovers traces of necropolitics in the unburied and maltreated corpses of the Homeric epics; it follows the manifestations of necropower in Greek tragedy, historiography, and biography; and it delves into torture, capital punishment, and non-normative burials in the ancient Greek world. It contributes to the debate - much of which is only available in modern Greek - on recent archaeological evidence, notably the iron-bound individuals discovered in the Athenian suburb of Phaleron, and includes a captivating exploration of necropolitics in Yorgos Lanthimos's Greek-tragedy-inspired cinema"--
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