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Visitors from Beyond the Grave Ghosts in World Literature The monograph deals with the topic of ghosts in universal literature from a polyhedral HVMANITAS SVPPLEMENTVM • ESTUDOS MONOGRÁFICOS perspective, making use of different perspectives, all of which highlight the resilience of ISSN: 2182-8814 these figures from the very beginning of literature up to the present day. Therefore, the aim of this volume is to focus on how ghosts have been translated and transformed over the Apresentação: esta série destina-se a publicar estudos de fundo sobre um leque variado de years within literature written in the following languages: Classical Greek and Latin, Spanish, temas e perspetivas de abordagem (literatura, cultura, história antiga, arqueologia, história Italian, and English. da arte, filosofia, língua e linguística), mantendo embora como denominador comum os Estudos Clássicos e sua projeção na Idade Média, Renascimento e receção na atualidade. 60 OBRA PUBLICADA COM A COORDENAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA Breve nota curricular sobre os coordenadores do volume Visitors from beyond Dámaris Romero-González, Ph.D. in Classical Philology (2007), is a Lecturer of Greek Philology at the University of Córdoba (Spain). She has published several articles and chapters on the Grave Plutarch, women in Antiquity and semantics of the New Testament. Israel Muñoz-Gallarte, Ph.D. in Classics (2008), is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Córdoba. He has published extensively on classics, imperial Greek literature: Plutarch, Early Christian Apocrypha, and Semantics. He is the author of Los sustantivos-Hecho Ghosts in World Literature World Ghosts in en el Nuevo Testamento (UCM, Madrid 2008) and co-author of Plutarch in the Religious and Visitors from beyond the Grave: beyond from Visitors Philosophical Discourse of Late Antiquity (Brill, Leiden-Boston 2013). Ghosts in World Gabriel Laguna-Mariscal, Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Córdoba (Spain). He got his B.A. and Ph.D. in the Universities of Córdoba and Seville. He has been a visiting scholar in Cornell, Harvard and Indiana universities, and Lecturer in the Universities of .) S , D , E Literature Extremadura and Córdoba. He has published in the fields of Latin poetry and the Classical ( Tradition. ONZÁLEZ ALLARTE ARISCAL -G -G M - UÑOZ OMERO UNA R G M A L SRAEL ÁMARIS I D ABRIEL G Dámaris Romero-González, Israel Muñoz- Gallarte, Gabriel Laguna-Mariscal (eds.) IMPRENSA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA COIMBRA UNIVERSITY PRESS Coimbra HVMANITAS SVPPLEMENTVM • ESTUDOS MONOGRÁFICOS ISSN: 2182-8814 Apresentação: esta série destina-se a publicar estudos de fundo sobre um leque variado de temas e perspetivas de abordagem (literatura, cultura, história antiga, arqueologia, história da arte, filosofia, língua e linguística), mantendo embora como denominador comum os Estudos Clássicos e sua projeção na Idade Média, Renascimento e receção na atualidade. Breve nota curricular sobre os coordenadores do volume Dámaris Romero-González, Ph.D. in Classical Philology (2007), is a Lecturer of Greek Philology at the University of Córdoba (Spain). She has published several articles and chapters on Plutarch, women in Antiquity and semantics of the New Testament. Israel Muñoz-Gallarte, Ph.D. in Classics (2008), is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Córdoba. He has published extensively on classics, imperial Greek literature: Plutarch, Early Christian Apocrypha, and Semantics. He is the author of Los sustantivos-Hecho en el Nuevo Testamento (UCM, Madrid 2008) and co-author of Plutarch in the Religious and Philosophical Discourse of Late Antiquity (Brill, Leiden-Boston 2013). Gabriel Laguna-Mariscal, Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Córdoba (Spain). He got his B.A. and Ph.D. in the Universities of Córdoba and Seville. He has been a visiting scholar in Cornell, Harvard and Indiana universities, and Lecturer in the Universities of Extremadura and Córdoba. He has published in the fields of Latin poetry and the Classical Tradition. Série Humanitas Supplementum Estudos Monográficos Estruturas Editoriais Série Humanitas Supplementum Estudos Monográficos ISSN: 2182‑8814 Diretor Principal Main Editor Delfim Leão Universidade de Coimbra Assistentes Editoriais Editoral Assistants Teresa Nunes Universidade de Coimbra Comissão Científica Editorial Board Carmen Blanco Valdés Sabina Longhitano University of Córdoba National Autonomous University of Mexico Lourdes Bonhome Pedro Mantas University of Córdoba University of Córdoba Cristina Casado Presa María Teresa Muñoz García de Iturrospe Washington College University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU Eva Flores Irene Pajón Leyra University of Córdoba University of Sevilla Ignacio García Aguilar Esther Peeren University of Córdoba University of Amsterdam Francisco García‑Jurado Lucía P. Romero Mariscal Complutense University of Madrid University of Almería Elena Gómez Parra Elizabeth Scarlett University of Córdoba University at Buffalo Ana González‑Rivas Fernández Antonio Stramaglia Autonomous University of Madrid University of Bary Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristobal Gareth Wood Complutense University of Madrid University College London Chia‑sui (Tracy) Lee National Taiwan University Todos os volumes desta série são submetidos a arbitragem científica independente. Visitors from beyond the Grave Ghosts in World Literature Dámaris Romero-González, Israel Muñoz- Gallarte, Gabriel Laguna-Mariscal (eds.) University of Córdoba IMPRENSA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA COIMBRA UNIVERSITY PRESS Série Humanitas Supplementum Estudos Monográficos Title Visitors from beyond the Grave: Ghosts in World Literature Eds. Dámaris Romero‑González, Israel Muñoz‑Gallarte, Gabriel Laguna‑Mariscal Editores Publishers Contacto Contact Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra [email protected] Coimbra University Press Vendas online Online Sales www.uc.pt/imprensa_uc http://livrariadaimprensa.uc.pt Coordenação Editorial Editorial Coordination Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra Conceção Gráfica Graphics Rodolfo Lopes, Nelson Ferreira Infografia Infographics POCI/2010 Nelson Ferreira Impressão e Acabamento Printed by KDP ISSN 2182‑8814 Projeto UID/ELT/00196/2019 ‑ Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra ISBN 978‑989‑26‑1763‑3 ISBN Digital 978‑989‑26‑1765‑7 © Outubro 2019 Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra DOI Classica Digitalia Vniversitatis Conimbrigensis https://doi.org/10.14195/978‑989‑26‑1765‑7 http://classicadigitalia.uc.pt Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra Trabalho publicado ao abrigo da Licença This work is licensed under Creative Commons CC‑BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pt/legalcode) Visitors from beyond the Grave: Ghosts in World Literature editors Dámaris Romero‑González, Israel Muñoz‑Gallarte, Gabriel Laguna‑Mariscal Affiliation University of Córdoba Abstract The monograph deals with the topic of ghosts in universal literature from a polyhedral perspective, making use of different perspectives, all of which highlight the resilience of these figures from the very beginning of literature up to the present day. Therefore, the aim of this volume is to focus on how ghosts have been translated and transformed over the years within literature written in the following languages: Classical Greek and Latin, Spanish, Italian, and English. Keywords Ghost, Greek Literature, Roman Literature, Hispanic Literature, Italian Literature, English Literature. Editors Dámaris Romero-González, Ph.D. in Classical Philology (2007), is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Córdoba (Spain). She has published several articles and chapters on Plutarch, women in Antiquity and semantics of the New Testament. Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6234-9687 ([email protected]) Israel Muñoz-Gallarte, Ph.D. in Classics (2008), is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Córdoba. He has published extensively on classics, imperial Greek literature: Plutarch, Early Christian Apocrypha, and Semantics. He is the author of Los sustantivos-Hecho en el Nuevo Testamento (UCM, Madrid 2008) and co-author of Plutarch in the Religious and Philosophical Discourse of Late Antiquity (Brill, Leiden-Boston 2013). Orcid ID: 0000-0002-6916-6004 ([email protected]) Gabriel Laguna-Mariscal, a Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Córdoba (Spain). He got his B.A. and Ph.D. in the Universities of Córdoba and Seville. He has been a visiting scholar in Cornell, Harvard and Indiana universities, and Lecturer in the Universities of Extremadura and Córdoba. He has published in the fields of Latin poetry and the Classical Tradition. Orcid ID: 0000-0001-5554-3473 ([email protected]) 6 Sumário Abbreviations 9 Introduction 11 Ghosts Stories in the Greek Novel: A Typology Attempt 19 Consuelo Ruiz Montero The Function of Dream-Stories in Plutarch’s Lives 33 Dámaris Romero-González Menippus, a truly living ghost in Lucian’s Necromancy 47 Pilar Gómez Cardó Lies too good to lay to rest: The survival of pagan ghost stories in early Christian literature 65 Daniel Ogden Demons, ghosts and spirits in the philosophical tradition 81 Manuel Bermúdez Vázquez The atomistic denial of ghosts: from Democritus to Lucretius 91 Ángel Jacinto Traver Vera The role of the ghosts in Seneca’s tragedies 105 Miguel Rodríguez-Pantoja Ghosts of girlfriends past: development of a literary episode 123 Gabriel Laguna Mariscal On Women’s Faithfulness And Ghosts: About Decameron 7 139 Francisco José Rodríguez Mesa The “Ghost” in the Magic Treatises by Lope de Barrientos 149 Antonia Rísquez “Phantom Ladies” and “Ghost
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