Lecture 21: Ghosts 3 Flashcards
who wrote about simonides and the grateful dead
cicero
explain the story of simonides and the grateful dead
simonides went for a walk and found a dead body, he then buried the body in a proper funeral way to recognize him as a human and send his soul into the underworld
then simonides needs to travel on a boat but that same dead man appears to him and tells him not to and that boat ended up sinking
what is ghost laying
a way to get the ghosts out of the way since they dont belong here
explain the ghost laying (remedy for ghosts) in the odessy
when ppl are lost at sea, we can do something for them
since you cant get their body back there is a way to get around it and call their souls into a tomb (tomb of the unknown soldier)
explain the ghost laying in the aneid
anneas goes to the underworld and sees the mutilated ghost of deiphobos and you do evocation to get his soul into his tomb
why was deiphobos seen as mutilated
marries helen, multiating the corpse is a way to ensure the ghost cant really get to you
define maschalismos
mutilation of a corpse - harming the corpse so that the ghost has the same injuries and cant come back and haunt you properly
taking agency and power away from the ghost
compare sophocles electra to maschilismos
clytemestra and agememnon are married
aggemenom kills iphigenia (daughter) so clytemestra kills him
then their other children electra and orestes kill clytemestra
*clytemestera mutilated aggemenons corpse so he cannot chase her, even tried to bring him gifts
tried to make him happy w the gifts but got her daughters to bring them
compare apollnius argonautica to the maschislomis
when jason and medea murdered her little brother so that they could get the golden fleece, jason actually completely mutilated the corpse and cut off extremeties, lick and spit blood 3x and then scatters and buries body parts around
what are elasteroi
attacking ghosts that are vengeful and will attack you - usually because no one treated them correctly
what is the lex sacra
it is a real law where you are able to purify yourself from a ghost - need to get rid because they cause mental terror
so you call upon the ghost, do purifcation where you offer them a feast and then make a sacrifice to zeus
this way you recognize them as a human
compare elasteroi in the inscriptin from cyrene
make a kollosoi for the ghost and offer them food, then with that food you deposit them in the woods and give them a new place
comapre elasteroi in the suetonius (nero and the ghost of his mom)
nero kills his mom by falsey accusing her of trying to kill him and then she gets executed
gets haunted by furies and tries to call upon mages who are gonna necromancy and tell the ghost to stop
