Leaving Words to Remember: Greek Mourning and the Advent of Literacy

About the Author Katharine Derderian, Ph.D. (1998) in Classical Philology, Princeton University, is currently writing on gender violence in the Armenian Genocide and works with various international political organizations in Berlin, Germany. Product Description This volume examines the influence of literacy on the development of mourning in ancient Greece. Considered against the oral tradition of Homeric lament, archaic and classical memorials are shown to evolve into an increasingly civic and historical medium of memory.