Singing the Dead : A Model for Epic Evolution

Reyes Bertolín Cebrián

ISBN 10: 0820481653 / ISBN 13: 9780820481654

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang, 2006

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book outlines the evolution of Greek heroic epic from funeral laments and creates a model for epic evolution using Greek, other Indo-European, and non-Indo-European materials. Singing the Dead conceives the epic as a post-Mycenean phenomenon associated with the first migrations away from the ancestors' tombs to the Ionian coast. Physical separation from the tombs impelled the development of narration concerning the ancestors and the rite at the tomb was substituted by stories that eventually became epic.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Singing the Dead : A Model for Epic Evolution
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820481653
• ISBN 13: 9780820481654
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 155H x 15D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 415 grams

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Synopsis

This book outlines the evolution of Greek heroic epic from funeral laments and creates a model for epic evolution using Greek, other Indo-European, and non-Indo-European materials. Singing the Dead conceives the epic as a post-Mycenean phenomenon associated with the first migrations away from the ancestors’ tombs to the Ionian coast. Physical separation from the tombs impelled the development of narration concerning the ancestors and the rite at the tomb was substituted by stories that eventually became epic.

About the Author

The Author: Reyes Bertolín Cebrián studied classical philology at the University of Valencia (Spain) and received her Ph.D. in Indo-European linguistics from the University of Freiburg (Germany). Currently, she is Assistant Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Calgary (Canada).