Death in the Greek world : from Homer to the classical age

208 Pages·2012·59.894 MB·English

by  Maria Serena Mirto, translated by A. M. Osborne

Death in the Greek World
Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
SERIES EDITOR
Ellen Greene, University of Oklahoma
ADVISORY BOARD
Susan Guettel Cole, State University of New York, Buffalo
Carolyn J. Dewald, Bard College
Thomas M. Falkner, The College of Wooster
Elaine Fantham, Princeton University
Nancy Felson, University of Georgia
Helene P. Foley, Barnard College
Sara Mack, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross
John F. Miller, University of Virginia
Jon Solomon, University of Arizona
Richard F. Thomas, Harvard University
Death in the Greek World
From Homer to the Classical Age
Maria Serena Mirto
Translated by A. M. Osborne
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman
Publication of this book is made possible through the genero-
sity of Edith Kinney Gaylord.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mirto, Maria Serena.
[Morte nel mondo greco. English]
Death in the Greek world : from Homer to the classical age / Maria
Serena Mirto ; translated by A. M. Osborne.
p. cm. — (Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 44)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8061-4187-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient—Greece. 2. Death in litera-
ture. 3. Greece—Social life and customs—To 146 B.C. I. Osborne, A. M.
II. Title.
GT3170.M5713 2012
393.0938—dc23
2011018189
Death in the Greek World: From Homer to the Classical Age is Volume 44 in
the Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture.
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