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Aspects of death in early Greek art and poetry / Emily Vermeule.
LIBRA N5633 .V47
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vermeule, Emily.
- Series:
- Sather classical lectures ; v. 46.
- Sather classical lectures ; v. 46
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death in art.
- Art, Greek.
- Death in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1979]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 261-266.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0520034058
- 0520044045
- OCLC:
- 5206866
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