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

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

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, o...

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Main Author: Wypustek, Andrzej.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 352.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Eschatology, Greco-Roman.
Inscriptions, Greek.
Sepulchral monuments > Greece.
Epitaphs > Greece.
REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry

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Call Number: CN373 .W97 2013eb

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Table of 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.