Images of eternal beauty in funerary verse inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman periods / Andrzej Wypustek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wypustek, Andrzej.

Series:

Mnemosyne, Supplements 352.

Mnemosyne. Supplements, monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature ; v. 352

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eschatology, Greco-Roman.

Inscriptions, Greek.

Sepulchral monuments--Greece.

Sepulchral monuments.

Epitaphs--Greece.

Epitaphs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 'Images of Eternal Beauty in Funerary Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Periods Andrzej Wypustek provides a study of various forms of poetic heroization that became increasingly widespread in Greek funerary epigram. The deceased were presented as eternally young heroes, oblivious of old age and death, as stars shining with an eternal brightness in heavens or in Ether, or as the ones chosen by the gods, abducted by them to their home in the heavens or married to them in the other world (following the examples of Ganymede, Adonis, Hylas and Persephone). The author demonstrates that, for all their diversity, the common feature of these verse inscriptions was the praise of beauty of the dead.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Eschatological Themes in Epigrams

The Dead As Gods

The Dead As Heroes

Marriages with the Gods

The Deceased As the Chosen Ones and the Lovers of Deities

The Deceased As the Charges of Deities

Overview and Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Names

Index of Subjects

Index of Notable Greek Terms.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-85441-4

90-04-23320-2

OCLC:

821180597

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004233201 DOI