01462nam a2200325 i 4500 219509 InACL 20260929164339.0 260929s2006 xx 0 eng d 9780820481654 0820481653 InACL eng rda InACL 881.01093548 CEB 23 Cebrian, Reyes Bertolin author Singing the Dead : A Model for Epic Evolution / Reyes Bertolin Cebrian Peter Lang Publishing, 2006 171 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "This book outlines the evolution of Greek heroic epic from funeral laments and creates a model for epic evolution using Greek, other Indo-European, and non-Indo-European materials. Singing the Dead conceives the epic as a post-Mycenean phenomenon associated with the first migrations away from the ancestors' tombs to the Ionian coast. Physical separation from the tombs impelled the development of narration concerning the ancestors and the rite at the tomb was substituted by stories that eventually became epic."--BOOK JACKET. Ancient and Classical Poetry Literary Criticism Epic poetry, Greek Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient Greece History and criticism Greek Epic poetry 633450 633450 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-29 0 881.01093548 CEB 219509 2026-09-29 16:43:39 2026-09-29 BK