A funeral speech was delivered almost every year in classical Athens. Forty years ago, Loraux showed how important it was for maintaining Athenian self-identity. But her famous book left many questions unanswered. In answering them, this volume puts the study of war in Athenian culture on a completely new footing.
A funeral speech was delivered almost every year in classical Athens. Forty years ago, Loraux showed how important it was for maintaining Athenian self-identity. But her famous book left many questions unanswered. In answering them, this volume puts the study of war in Athenian culture on a completely new footing.
List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Foreword by Paul Cartledge ; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The funeral oration after Loraux David M. Pritchard; Part I. Contexts: 2. The 'beautiful death' from Homer to democratic Athens Nicole Loraux (translated by David M. Pritchard); 3. Between ideology and the imaginary: the invention of The Invention of Athens Vincent Azoulay and Paulin Ismard (translated by David M. Pritchard); 4. An imaginary with images: reconsidering the funeral oration and material culture Nathan T. Arrington; Part II. The Historical Speeches: 5. The epitaphios logos of Pericles: Thucydides' ambivalence towards the genre Bernd Steinbock; 6. Demosthenes after the defeat Leonhard Burckhardt (translated by Edith Foster and David M. Pritchard); 7. Originality and tradition in Hyperides' Funeral Oration Judson Herrman; Part III. The Literary Examples: 8. Gorgias' Funeral Oration Johannes Wienand; 9. Authorship and ideology in Lysias' Funeral Oration Alastair J. L. Blanshard; 10. Corrupting the youth in Plato's Menexenus Ryan K. Balot; 11. 'To gloat over our catastrophes': Isocrates on commemorating the war dead Thomas Blank; Part IV. Intertextuality: 12. Imagining Athens in the assembly Peter Hunt; 13. Fighting talk: war's human cost in drama and law-court speeches Jason Crowley; 14. Making Athens great again: tragedy and the funeral oration Sophie Mills; 15. Euripides' Erechtheus and the Athenian catalogue of exploits: how a tragic plot shaped the funeral oration Johanna Hanink; 16. 'Back then when the barbarian came': old comedy and the funeral oration Bernhard Zimmermann (translated by Edith Foster and David M. Pritchard); Part V. The Language of Democracy: 17. The funeral oration as a self-portrait of Athenian democracy Dominique Lenfant (translated by David M. Pritchard); 18. Sailors in the funeral oration and beyond David M. Pritchard; 19. 'Freedom is the sure possession': modern receptions of Pericles' Funeral Oration Neville Morley; References; General index; Index of sources
List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Foreword by Paul Cartledge ; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The funeral oration after Loraux David M. Pritchard; Part I. Contexts: 2. The 'beautiful death' from Homer to democratic Athens Nicole Loraux (translated by David M. Pritchard); 3. Between ideology and the imaginary: the invention of The Invention of Athens Vincent Azoulay and Paulin Ismard (translated by David M. Pritchard); 4. An imaginary with images: reconsidering the funeral oration and material culture Nathan T. Arrington; Part II. The Historical Speeches: 5. The epitaphios logos of Pericles: Thucydides' ambivalence towards the genre Bernd Steinbock; 6. Demosthenes after the defeat Leonhard Burckhardt (translated by Edith Foster and David M. Pritchard); 7. Originality and tradition in Hyperides' Funeral Oration Judson Herrman; Part III. The Literary Examples: 8. Gorgias' Funeral Oration Johannes Wienand; 9. Authorship and ideology in Lysias' Funeral Oration Alastair J. L. Blanshard; 10. Corrupting the youth in Plato's Menexenus Ryan K. Balot; 11. 'To gloat over our catastrophes': Isocrates on commemorating the war dead Thomas Blank; Part IV. Intertextuality: 12. Imagining Athens in the assembly Peter Hunt; 13. Fighting talk: war's human cost in drama and law-court speeches Jason Crowley; 14. Making Athens great again: tragedy and the funeral oration Sophie Mills; 15. Euripides' Erechtheus and the Athenian catalogue of exploits: how a tragic plot shaped the funeral oration Johanna Hanink; 16. 'Back then when the barbarian came': old comedy and the funeral oration Bernhard Zimmermann (translated by Edith Foster and David M. Pritchard); Part V. The Language of Democracy: 17. The funeral oration as a self-portrait of Athenian democracy Dominique Lenfant (translated by David M. Pritchard); 18. Sailors in the funeral oration and beyond David M. Pritchard; 19. 'Freedom is the sure possession': modern receptions of Pericles' Funeral Oration Neville Morley; References; General index; Index of sources
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