Whom Gods Destroy: Elements of Greek and Tragic Madness

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Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Ch. 1. Introduction: He First Makes Pt. 1. Language and Timing Ch. 2. Tragic Madness Words Ch. 3. God of the Verb Ch. 4. Temporary versus Long-term Madness Pt. 2. Darkness and Vision Ch. 5. Inner Shadow Ch. 6. The Afterlife of Inner Blackness Ch. 7. Dark, Twisted Seeing Ch. 8. True Seeing Ch. 9. A Legacy of True Mad Seeing Pt. 3. Isolation: Wandering, Disharmony, Pollution Ch. 10. Stone: Madness Is Outside Ch. 11. Alienus: Resonances of Mad Wandering Ch. 12. Inner Wandering Ch. 13. Daemonic Dance Ch. 14. Skin: Pollution and Shame Ch. 15. Disease, Passion Pt. 4. Damage Ch. 16. Mind Damage before Tragedy Ch. 17. Homer's Damage-Chain Ch. 18. The Two Roles of Madness Ch. 19. Haywire City Ch. 20. Divine Double Bind Pt. 5. Madness: A Rough Tragic Grammar Ch. 21. Mad in Another World Ch. 22. Knowledge That Is Sad to Have to Know Appendix. Ate in Tragedy: The Thinning of the Word Works Cited Index