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Earth, nature and the cult of the tomb : the posthumous reception of Aeschylus heros

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Bakola, Emmanuela (2018) Earth, nature and the cult of the tomb : the posthumous reception of Aeschylus heros. In: Goldschmidt, Nora and Graziosi, Barbara, (eds.) Tombs of the Ancient Poets: Between Literary Reception and Material Culture. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198826477

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198826477.003.0007

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Abstract

This chapter examines the depiction of the fifth-century tragic poet Aeschylus in Aristophanes’ Frogs by paying particular attention to the play’s engagement with space, especially the space of the earth below, from which the poet is welcomed back to Athens in the finale. It offers new arguments for connecting Frogs to the cult of Aeschylus’ tomb in Sicily, including the play’s engagement with the volcanic properties of the Sicilian landscape and with the knowledge that volcanic soil harbours productive and beneficial, as well as destructive and deadly, forces. It argues that understanding hero worship in terms of fertility, prosperity, well-being, health, and their opposites is particularly revealing in Aeschylus’ case, because these concepts played a key role in Aeschylean dramaturgy, especially in connection to the Aeschylean images of nature and the earth. This leads to a new interpretation of the relationship between Aeschylus’ biography, his literary reception, and his cult.

Item Type: Book Item
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Classical poetry, Tombs -- Greece, Aeschylus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: Oxford
ISBN: 9780198826477
Book Title: Tombs of the Ancient Poets: Between Literary Reception and Material Culture
Editor: Goldschmidt, Nora and Graziosi, Barbara
Official Date: October 2018
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October 2018Published
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198826477.003.0007
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDCenter for Hellenic Studies, Harvard Universityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100005574
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