Death in the Greek world
Subtitle: from Homer to the classical age
By: Maria Serena Mirto ; translated by A. M. Osborne
Contributors: Osborne, A. M.
Series: Oklahoma series in classical culture -- v. 44; Oklahoma series in classical culture -- v. 44
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780806141879
Subjects: Ancient Funeral rites and ceremonies; Death in literature; Social life and customs
Work titles: Morte nel mondo greco
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Life after death in popular belief. The Psyche; title: Hades; title: Elysium; title: The gods in Hades and guides on the voyage to the underworld; title: A revolution of hope. Eleusinian mysteries; title: Dionysian initiations; title: The Bacchic gold tablets, Pindar, and other "orphic" evidence; title: Pythagorean eschatology and the Derveni papyrus; title: The soul/body opposition from Pindar to Plato; title: The long farewell. Death and contamination; title: Mourning ceremonies; title: Cremation, inhumation, and the final rites; title: The final resting place and a new bond. Stelae, monuments, and epitaphs; title: Tomb cult and hero cult; title: Making good use of death. Heroic death in battle; title: The Polis and funerary ideology; title: Legislation and funerary regulations.