Reading death in ancient Rome
By: Mario Erasmo.
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780814210925
Subjects: Death in literature; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Rome; Mourning customs -- Rome; Latin literature -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Playing dead; title: Staging death; title: Disposing the dead; title: Disposing the dead?; title: Animating the dead.