1 option
Aspects of death in early Greek art and poetry / Emily Vermeule.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vermeule, Emily.
- Series:
- Sather classical lectures ; v. 46.
- Sather classical lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death in art.
- Arts, Greek.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 270 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 1981.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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:
- Description from print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520034058
- 9780520034051
- 0520044045
- 9780520044043
- OCLC:
- 316825294
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.