CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture 14: Death & Dying in Greece
23 Feb 2017
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4:29 pm: cacoyannis" trojan women(1971): andromache & hecuba. Play occurs in 450 b. c. during the peloponnesian war. Greek attitudes towards death- grief, pollution of the dead, & contact with the deceased. Chronically ill, those suffering from degenerative diseases, & the elderly likely had little reason to consult a doctor. If a man is incapable of living a normal existence he did not think it right to treat him, since such a person is of use neither to himself nor to the state. " Greeks clearly did suffer from chronic ailments as, for e. g. , with gelon (& his brother) . You all know, of course, that gelon, while he was despot, suffered from dropsy; and likewise hiero from gall- You all know, of course, that gelon, while he was despot, suffered from dropsy; and likewise hiero from gall- stones(cid:18854) Followed by intense depression & shame because he tried to assassinate agamemnon, but failed to such a great degree.
