Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

Margaret Alexiou is professor emerita of modern Greek studies at the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Panagiotis Roilos is assistant professor of modern Greek studies at the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Dimitrios Yatromanolakis is junior fellow in classics at te Society of Fellows, Harvard University.

• Part 1 Lament and RitualChapter 2 Tradition and change in antiquityChapter 3 From paganism to ChristianityChapter 4 Modern survivalsPart 5 Gods, cities, and menChapter 6 The ritual lament for gods and heroesChapter 7 The historical lament for the fall or destruction of citiesChapter 8 The classification of ancient and modern laments and songs to the deadPart 9 The common traditionChapter 10 Antiphonal structure and antithetical thoughtChapter 11 Conventions, themes, and formulaeChapter 12 The allusive method

The publication of this second edition by Rowman & Littlefield is very much to be welcomed. It has been sensitively revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, who have reworked some passages and clarified the wording of others, but carefully maintained the original structure and argument of the book....