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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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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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 019814976X. DJ Spine is sunned and very discolored. Very light shelfwear to book.; This book offers a series of in-depth studies of the beliefs, attitudes, and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece, from the Minoan and Mycenean period to the end of the classical age. Drawing on a wide range of evidence--from literary texts, to inscriptions, to images in art--Sourvinou-Inwood sheds light on many key, still problematic, aspects of Greek life, myth, and literature. She also looks at the problem of "reading" this material within the context of our own culturally-determined beliefs.; 512 pages.