Format:
1 Online-Ressource (288 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2020
ISBN:
9780520310827
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0520310829
Series Statement:
Sather Classical Lectures 46
Content:
The ancient Greeks devoted a significant portion of their poetic and artistic energy to exploring themes of death. Vermeule examines the facts and fictions of Greek death, including burial and mourning, visions of the underworld, souls and ghosts, the value of heroic death in battle, the quest for immortality, the linked powers of death, sleep, and love, and more
Note:
Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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I. CREATURES OF THE DAY: THE STUPID DEAD
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II. DEATH IN THE BRONZE AGE: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
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III. THE HAPPY HERO
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IV. IMMORTALS ARE MORTAL, MORTALS IMMORTAL
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V. ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING: THE PORNOGRAPHY OF DEATH
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VI. SEA MONSTERS, MAGIC, AND POETRY
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NOTES
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GLOSSARY
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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SELECT INDEX
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520305793
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520305793
Language:
English
