"Reading" Greek Death: To the End of the Classical Period.

Carol G. Thomas · Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood

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Classical Antiquity Studies Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning Classical Philosophy and Thought

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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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