{"product_id":"tragedy-ritual-and-money-in-ancient-greece-selected-essays-hardback-9781107171718","title":"Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece; Selected Essays (Hardback) 9781107171718","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReveals the shaping influence of money and ritual on Greek tragedy, the New Testament, Indian philosophy, and Wagner.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Seaford (Author), Robert Bostock (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107171718, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e498 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.94 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRichard 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 death ritual. Two papers focus on the shaping power of mystic initiation in two famous passages in the New Testament. The other key factor in the historical context of tragedy is the recent monetisation of Athens. One paper explores the presence of money in Greek tragedy, another the shaping influence of money on Wagner's Ring and on his Aeschylean model. Other papers reveal the influence of ritual and money on representations of the inner self, and on Greek and Indian philosophy. A final piece finds in Greek tragedy horror at the destructive unlimitedness of money that is still central to our postmodern world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Tragedy: General: 1. Homeric and tragic sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dionsysos as destroyer of the household: Homer, tragedy and the Polis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dionysos, money and drama\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tragic money\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tragic tyranny\u003cbr\u003e 6. Aeschylus and the Unity of Opposites\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Performance and the Mysteries: 7. The 'Hyporchema' of Pratinas\u003cbr\u003e 8. The politics of the mystic\u003cbr\u003e 9. Immortality, salvation and the elements\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sophocles and the mysteries\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Tragedy and Death Ritual: 11. The last bath of Agamemnon\u003cbr\u003e 12. The destruction of limits in Sophocles' Electra\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Tragedy and Marriage: 13. The tragic wedding\u003cbr\u003e 14. The structural problems of marriage in Euripides\u003cbr\u003e Part V. New Testament: 15. 1 Corinthians 13.12: 'Through A Glass Darkly'\u003cbr\u003e 16. Thunder, lightning and earthquake in the Bacchae and The Acts of The Apostles\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Inner Self: 17. Monetisation and the genesis of the Western subject\u003cbr\u003e 18. The fluttering soul\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Inida and Greece: 19. Why did the Greeks not have Karma?\u003cbr\u003e Part VIII. Money and Modernity: 20. Form and money in Wagner's Ring and Aeschylean tragedy\u003cbr\u003e 21. World without limits.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], History: theory \u0026amp; methods [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History: theory \u0026amp; methods\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History:%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20methods%20%5BHBA%5D%22\"\u003eHBA\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e], Humanities [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Humanities\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Humanities%20%5BH%5D%22\"\u003eH\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913094684952,"sku":"9781107171718","price":96.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107171718i_8673aa5f-f2af-4083-b2d8-847a62b45e3a.jpg?v=1691362546","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tragedy-ritual-and-money-in-ancient-greece-selected-essays-hardback-9781107171718","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}