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The epigraphy of death : studies in the history and society of Greece and Rome / edited by G.J. Oliver.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Greece--History.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Rome--History.
- Tombs--Greece.
- Tombs.
- Death--Social aspects.
- History.
- Greece.
- Tombs--Rome.
- Greece--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Rome--Social life and customs.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Death--Social aspects--Greece.
- Death.
- Death--Social aspects--Rome.
- Greece--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Rome--Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Epigraphy of Death: Funerary Inscriptions as Evidence / Graham Oliver 1
- Chapter 2 The Times They Are A'Changing: Developments in Fifth-Century Funerary Sculpture / Karen Stears 25
- Chapter 3 Athenian Funerary Monuments: Style, Grandeur, and Cost / Graham Oliver 59
- Chapter 4 Milesian Immigrants in Late Hellenistic and Roman Athens / Torben Vestergaard 81
- Note to Chapter Four The Archaeology of Miletus / Alan Greaves 111
- Chapter 5 Commemoration of Infants on Roman Funerary Inscriptions / Margaret King 117
- Chapter 6 Inscription and Sculpture: the Construction of Identity in the Military Tombstones of Roman Mainz / Valerie Hope 155
- Chapter 7 The Inscriptions on the Ash Chests of the Ince Blundell Hall Collection: Ancient and Modern / Glenys Davies 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0853239150
- OCLC:
- 45869111
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