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ASPECTS OF DEATH IN EARLY GREEK ART AND POETRY
by Vermeule, Emily
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520044045
- ISBN 13
- 9780520044043
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
University of California Press. Very Good. 1979. Softcover. 0520044045 . Some wear to corners of wraps. Spine and part of wraps sunned. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). ; The ancient Greeks devoted a significant portion of their poetic and artistic energy to exploring themes of death. Vermeule examines the facts and fictions of Greek death, including burial and mourning, visions of the underworld, souls and ghosts, the value of heroic death in battle, the quest for immortality, the linked powers of death, sleep, and love, and more. ; Sather Classical Lectures 46; 270 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37162
- Title
- ASPECTS OF DEATH IN EARLY GREEK ART AND POETRY
- Author
- Vermeule, Emily
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520044045
- ISBN 13
- 9780520044043
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0520044045, Art And Architecture, Poetry & Poets, Greek Literature, Death & Grief, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Architecture;
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