"Reading" Greek death : to the end of the classical period
Sourvinou-Inwood, Christiane1995
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Total copies: 1
What was the origin of Charon, the ferryman of the dead? Or Hades and the Elysian Fields? This in-depth study of the beliefs, attitudes and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece draws on many different sources to discuss the problems that occur when "reading" ancient material.
Main title:
"Reading" Greek death : to the end of the classical period / Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995.
Collation:
xi,489p. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780198149767
Dewey class:
393.0938938So(875)
Local class:
938So(875)
Language:
English
Subject:
Greek literature -- History and criticismDeath -- Social aspects -- Greece -- HistoriographyFuneral rites and ceremonies -- Greece -- HistoriographyLiterature and society -- Greece -- HistoriographyFuneral rites and ceremonies in literatureDeath in literatureDeath in artGreece -- Social life and customs
BRN:
1874131