Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry
Emily Vermeule
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- English
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Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry
Emily Vermeule
Ă propos de ce livre
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.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.
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Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS 10
- PREFACE
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- I CREATURES OF THE DAY: THE STUPID DEAD
- II DEATH IN THE BRONZE AGE: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
- III THE HAPPY HERO
- IV IMMORTALS ARE MORTAL, MORTALS IMMORTAL
- V ON THE WINGS OF THE MORNING: THE PORNOGRAPHY OF DEATH
- VI SEA MONSTERS, MAGIC, AND POETRY
- NOTES
- GLOSSARY
- REFERENCES FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- SELECT INDEX