Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition
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List of platesSeries Editor's ForewordForewordIntroduction to the Second EditionPrefacePt. ILament and ritual1Tradition and change in antiquity4Wake, funeral procession and burial4Offerings at the tomb7Kinswomen and strangers10The legislation on funeral rites and lamentation142From paganism to Christianity24The struggle of the soul25The wake27The funeral procession29Burial and after313Modern survivals36The fight with Death37Washing, dressing and lamentation39From house to tomb42Burial and after44Pt. IIGods, cities and men4The ritual lament for gods and heroes55Adonis, Linos and Hyakinthos55Lityerses, Bormos and Mariandynos58Lamentation in the hero cults and mysteries61The Virgin's lament62Leidinos and Zafeiris785The historical lament for the fall or destruction of cities83The ancient lament for cities83Byzantine tradition and the laments for the fall of Constantinople85Modern historical laments906The classification of ancient and modern laments and songs to the dead102The ritual lament of the women: threnos, goos, kommos102The men's part: praise of the dead104The growth of a new terminology108The Song to Fate - origin of the modern moirologi?110Moirologia for departure from home, change of religion, and marriage118Moirologia for the dead122Pt. IIIThe common tradition7Antiphonal structure and antithetical thought131Form and structure131Antithetical style and antithetical thought1508Conventions, themes and formulae161Initial hesitation and questions161The contrast: past and present165The contrast: mourner and dead171Wish and curse178Praise and reproach1829The allusive method185Form185Light187Journey189Support193Spring and harvest195The tree198Water and thirst202Notes206Bibliography243Abbreviations257Bibliographical Supplement261Glossary273Indexes275
