Ancestral Fault in Ancient Greece

@inproceedings{Gagn2013AncestralFI,
  title={Ancestral Fault in Ancient Greece},
  author={Renaud Gagn{\'e}},
  year={2013}
}
Introduction 1. The theology of progonikon hamartema 2. Haereditarium piaculum and inherited guilt 3. The earliest record: exoleia in Homer and Hesiod 4. Sympotic theologies: Alcaeus, Solon, and Theognis 5. Tracking divine punishment in Herodotus 6. Tragic reconfigurations: Labdacids 7. Tragic reconfigurations: Atridae Conclusion. 
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