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Dangerous Voices
Women's Laments and Greek Literature
Series: Routledge Literature Readers
In Dangerous Voices Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the ancient lament, especially women's mourning of the dead, and sets out to discover why legislation was introduced to curb these laments in antiquity. An investigation of laments ranging from New Guinea to Greece suggests...
Published June 14th 1995 by Routledge