The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches)

by Margaret Alexiou

Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (Editor) and Panagiotis Roilos (Editor)

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Margaret Alexiou's The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, first published in 1974, has long since been established as a classic in several fields. This is the only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive and penetrating synthesis. Its interdisciplinary orientation and broad scope have rendered The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition an indispensable reference work for classicists, byzantinists, neohellenists, folklorists, and anthropologists. Now a second edition, revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, has been made available. This new edition also includes a valuable up-to-date bibliography on ritual lament and death in Greek culture.
  • ISBN10 0742507564
  • ISBN13 9780742507562
  • Publish Date 11 June 2002 (first published 31 January 1974)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English