Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry

by Emily Vermeule

Overview

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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520310827
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	11/10/2023
Series:	Sather Classical Lectures , #46
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	286
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

Emily Vermeule was Professor Emerita at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, including Mycenaean Pictorial Vase-Painting and Toumba Tou Skourou.