Death in the Greek world : from Homer to the classical age / Maria Serena Mirto ; translated by A. M. Osborne.

Title	Death in the Greek world : from Homer to the classical age / Maria Serena Mirto ; translated by A. M. Osborne.
Publication Date:	2012
Publication Place	Norman - University of Oklahoma Press, c2012.
Subject	Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Greece., Death in literature, Greece -- Social life and customs -- To 146 B.C.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	197
Physical Dimensions	22 cm
Library:	The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Record ID	3100001~!109474~!4479
Library Location	HS-SS Stacks
Date	2012
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and indexes., Translated from the Italian.. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and indexes., Translated from the Italian.. 109474. x, 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
İçindekiler	Life after death in popular belief. The Psyche -- Hades -- Elysium -- The gods in Hades and guides on the voyage to the underworld -- A revolution of hope. Eleusinian mysteries -- Dionysian initiations -- The Bacchic gold tablets, Pindar, and other "orphic" evidence -- Pythagorean eschatology and the Derveni papyrus -- The soul/body opposition from Pindar to Plato -- The long farewell. Death and contamination -- Mourning ceremonies -- Cremation, inhumation, and the final rites -- The final resting place and a new bond. Stelae, monuments, and epitaphs -- Tomb cult and hero cult -- Making good use of death. Heroic death in battle -- The Polis and funerary ideology -- Legislation and funerary regulations.
ISBN	9780806141879 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0806141875 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Seri	Oklahoma series in classical culture v. 44, Oklahoma series in classical culture v. 44.

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Death in the Greek world : from Homer to the classical age / Maria Serena Mirto ; translated by A. M. Osborne.

Publication Date 2012

Publication Place Norman - University of Oklahoma Press, c2012.

Subject Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient -- Greece., Death in literature, Greece -- Social life and customs -- To 146 B.C.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript No

Pages Count 197

Physical Dimensions 22 cm

Library The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

Record ID 3100001~!109474~!4479

Library Location HS-SS Stacks

Date 2012

Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and indexes., Translated from the Italian.. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and indexes., Translated from the Italian.. 109474. x, 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

İçindekiler Life after death in popular belief. The Psyche -- Hades -- Elysium -- The gods in Hades and guides on the voyage to the underworld -- A revolution of hope. Eleusinian mysteries -- Dionysian initiations -- The Bacchic gold tablets, Pindar, and other "orphic" evidence -- Pythagorean eschatology and the Derveni papyrus -- The soul/body opposition from Pindar to Plato -- The long farewell. Death and contamination -- Mourning ceremonies -- Cremation, inhumation, and the final rites -- The final resting place and a new bond. Stelae, monuments, and epitaphs -- Tomb cult and hero cult -- Making good use of death. Heroic death in battle -- The Polis and funerary ideology -- Legislation and funerary regulations.

ISBN 9780806141879 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0806141875 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Seri Oklahoma series in classical culture v. 44, Oklahoma series in classical culture v. 44.