Haunted Greece And Rome
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Author |
: Debbie Felton |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 170 |
Release |
: 2010-07-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780292789241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0292789246 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Haunted Greece and Rome by : Debbie Felton
Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, to prophesy, to take revenge, to request proper burial, or to comfort the living fascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed new light on the stories' folk roots. The author begins by examining ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories which arose from these beliefs. She then focuses on the longer stories of Plautus, Pliny, and Lucian, which concern haunted houses. Her analysis illuminates the oral and literary transmission and adaptation of folkloric motifs and the development of the ghost story as a literary form. In her concluding chapter, the author also traces the influence of ancient ghost stories on modern ghost story writers, a topic that will interest all readers and scholars of tales of hauntings.
Author |
: D. Felton |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 170 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780292725089 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0292725086 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Haunted Greece and Rome by : D. Felton
Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, to prophesy, to take revenge, to request proper burial, or to comfort the living fascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed new light on the stories' folk roots. The author begins by examining ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories which arose from these beliefs. She then focuses on the longer stories of Plautus, Pliny, and Lucian, which concern haunted houses. Her analysis illuminates the oral and literary transmission and adaptation of folkloric motifs and the development of the ghost story as a literary form. In her concluding chapter, the author also traces the influence of ancient ghost stories on modern ghost story writers, a topic that will interest all readers and scholars of tales of hauntings.
Author |
: D. Felton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 148 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0292757328 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780292757325 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Haunted Greece and Rome by : D. Felton
Author |
: Lacy Collison-Morley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 100 |
Release |
: 1912 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015020689470 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Greek and Roman Ghost Stories by : Lacy Collison-Morley
Author |
: Daniel Ogden |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 380 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0195151232 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195151237 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by : Daniel Ogden
In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity.
Author |
: Mark Mazower |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 538 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307427571 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307427579 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Salonica, City of Ghosts by : Mark Mazower
Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced out, and the Nazis deported and killed the Jews. As the acclaimed historian Mark Mazower follows the city’s inhabitants through plague, invasion, famine, and the disastrous twentieth century, he resurrects a fascinating and vanished world.
Author |
: Claude Lecouteux |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2012-04-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781594776939 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1594776938 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Secret History of Poltergeists and Haunted Houses by : Claude Lecouteux
What poltergeist accounts through the ages reveal about our own worldviews • Provides a wide array of case studies from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe to the modern world • Explores the relationship between poltergeists and troubled adolescence • Looks beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses Stories of poltergeists and their mischievous and sometimes violent actions--knocking, stone or chair throwing, moving objects with invisible hands, and slamming or opening doors--are a constant through the ages. What changes is how we interpret this activity. For our pagan ancestors this phenomenon was caused by helper spirits whose manifestations revealed their unhappiness with a household. The medieval Christian church demonized these once helpful spirits and held exorcisms to expel them from the houses they haunted--which proved effective less than half the time. The Age of Enlightenment cast these incidents as clever hoaxes, and many still believe this today. But poltergeist manifestations continue to appear and often defy attempts to debunk them as pranks. What then is behind this phenomenon? Exploring accounts of poltergeists from ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, and the modern world, Claude Lecouteux finds that while our interpretations of poltergeists may change, the manifestations always follow a similar course and evolution. He shows how modern scientific studies of poltergeist manifestations have found a strong tie between these visitations and the presence of a troubled adolescent in the house. Looking beneath the Christian adulteration of pagan practices to reveal the hidden ancestral beliefs tied to poltergeists and haunted houses, the author shows how these unhappy spirits serve as confirmation of the supernatural beings that share the earth with us and of our relationship with the natural and unseen world, a relationship we must take care to keep in balance.
Author |
: Patrick R. Crowley |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2019-12-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226648293 |
ISBN-13 |
: 022664829X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Phantom Image by : Patrick R. Crowley
Drawing from a rich corpus of art works, including sarcophagi, tomb paintings, and floor mosaics, Patrick R. Crowley investigates how something as insubstantial as a ghost could be made visible through the material grit of stone and paint. In this fresh and wide-ranging study, he uses the figure of the ghost to offer a new understanding of the status of the image in Roman art and visual culture. Tracing the shifting practices and debates in antiquity about the nature of vision and representation, Crowley shows how images of ghosts make visible structures of beholding and strategies of depiction. Yet the figure of the ghost simultaneously contributes to a broader conceptual history that accounts for how modalities of belief emerged and developed in antiquity. Neither illustrations of ancient beliefs in ghosts nor depictions of afterlife, these images show us something about the visual event of seeing itself. The Phantom Image offers essential insight into ancient art, visual culture, and the history of the image.
Author |
: Lacy Collison-Morley |
Publisher |
: Double 9 Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2024-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9361422499 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789361422492 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Greek and Roman Ghost Stories by : Lacy Collison-Morley
"Lacy Collison-Morley's 'Greek and Roman Ghost Stories' delves deep into the supernatural realms of ancient civilizations, offering a captivating anthology of spectral encounters from antiquity. As one of the foremost authorities on classical literature, Collison-Morley meticulously curates a collection of haunting tales that transcend time and space. Drawing from a rich tapestry of Ancient Greek literature and Roman supernatural tales, this anthology transports readers to a world where myths and legends intertwine with the mysteries of the afterlife. Through classical mythology narratives and ancient ghost stories, readers are immersed in a realm of eerie encounters and otherworldly phenomena. With each story carefully selected and presented, Collison-Morley showcases the enduring allure of Greek and Roman folklore, offering insights into the supernatural beliefs and cultural practices of antiquity. From supernatural legends to mythological ghost stories, this anthology serves as a comprehensive exploration of the paranormal encounters that have fascinated and intrigued readers for centuries. As a classic literature classic and spectral encounters compilation, 'Greek and Roman Ghost Stories' is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of history, mythology, and the supernatural."
Author |
: Daniel Ogden |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2019-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691207063 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691207062 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Greek and Roman Necromancy by : Daniel Ogden
In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations flourished, including Egypt, from the Greek archaic period through the late Roman empire, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the subject ever published in any language. Daniel Ogden surveys the places, performers, and techniques of necromancy as well as the reasons for turning to it. He investigates the cave-based sites of oracles of the dead at Heracleia Pontica and Tainaron, as well as the oracles at the Acheron and Avernus, which probably consisted of lakeside precincts. He argues that the Acheron oracle has been long misidentified, and considers in detail the traditions attached to each site. Readers meet the personnel--real or imagined--of ancient necromancy: ghosts, zombies, the earliest vampires, evocators, sorcerers, shamans, Persian magi, Chaldaeans, Egyptians, Roman emperors, and witches from Circe to Medea. Ogden explains the technologies used to evocate or reanimate the dead and to compel them to disgorge their secrets. He concludes by examining ancient beliefs about ghosts and their wisdom--beliefs that underpinned and justified the practice of necromancy. The first of its kind and filled with information, this volume will be of central importance to those interested in the rapidly expanding, inherently fascinating, and intellectually exciting subjects of ghosts and magic in antiquity.