Ancestral fault is a core idea of Greek literature. 'The guiltless will pay for the deeds later: either the man's children, or his descendants thereafter', said

Traces the trajectories of a key idea of ancient Greek culture through three thousand years of literature and reception.

This book traces the trajectories of a key idea of ancient Greek culture through three thousand years of literature and reception.

From Homer to Proclus, the idea that delayed divine punishment can strike at descendants for the crimes of their forebears has continued to play a central role

Follows the extraordinary record of ancient Greek thought on Hyperborea as a case study of cosmography and anthropological philology.