Chronos on the threshold : time, ritual, and agency in the Oresteia / Marcel Andrew Widzisz.
| Author/creator | Widzisz, Marcel Andrew, 1972- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012. |
| Description | xiii, 233 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Greek studies : interdisciplinary approaches Greek studies. ^A321900 |
| Contents | Introduction. Time in classics; Ritual structure and temporality; Liminal time in anthropology and at Athens; Time, ritual, and debate in Iliad I, agonistic temporal framing Oresteia -- Agamemnon. The omen of sacrifice; The hymn to Zeus; The watchman; Parodos II; The herald; Agamemnon; The third stasimon; Cassandra; Regicide; Aegisthus -- Choephoroi. Ritual at the tomb; The mourning chorus; Reversing ritual polarity; Kommos; Nostos; The first stasimon; Deception at the gates, Orestes' nurse; Mother and son; The third stasimon; Temporal frames and re-sacralization -- Eumenides. Staging suspension at Delphi; Time in the Pythia's prologue; Time, ritual, and agency; The ghost of Clytemnestra; The first debate; Orestes' second supplication; The "binding" song; Athena and Athens; The second stasimon; Juridical temporality; Verdict and aftermath; Manifold desacralization -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2011040090 |
| ISBN | 9780739170458 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739170457 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PA3825.A6 W53 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |