"Reading" Greek death : to the end of the classical period
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"Reading" Greek death : to the end of the classical period
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1995
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Bibliography: p. [445]-474
Includes index
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What was the origin of Charon, the ferryman of the dead? Or Hades and the Elysian Fields? This is an in-depth study of the beliefs, attitudes and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece. Drawing on all kinds of evidence - from literary texts to images on art - the book also discusses the problems of "reading" this material without the intrusion of our own culturally-determined beliefs.
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