{"product_id":"death-in-the-greek-world-from-homer-to-the-classical-age-volume-44-paperback","title":"Death in the Greek World: From Homer to the Classical Age Volume 44 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Serena Mirto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. M. Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn our contemporary Western society, death has become taboo. Despite its inevitability, we focus on maintaining youthfulness and well-being, while fearing death's intrusion in our daily activities. In contrast, observes Maria Serena Mirto, the ancient Greeks embraced death more openly and effectively, developing a variety of rituals to help them grieve the dead and, in the process, alleviate anxiety and suffering. In this fascinating book, Mirto examines conceptions of death and the afterlife in the ancient Greek world, revealing few similarities--and many differences--between ancient and modern ways of approaching death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the cultural and religious foundations underlying Greek burial rites and customs, Mirto traces the evolution of these practices during the archaic and classical periods. She explains the relationship between the living and the dead as reflected in grave markers, epitaphs, and burial offerings and discusses the social and political dimensions of burial and lamentation. She also describes shifting beliefs about life after death, showing how concepts of immortality, depicted so memorably in Homer's epics, began to change during the classical period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath in the Greek World \u003c\/i\u003estraddles the boundary between literary and religious imagination and synthesizes observations from archaeology, visual art, philosophy, politics, and law. The author places particular emphasis on Homer's epics, the first\u003cbr\u003eliterary testimony of an understanding of death in ancient Greece. And because these stories are still so central to Western culture, her discussion casts new light on elements we thought we had already understood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally written and published in Italian, this English-language translation of \u003ci\u003eDeath in the Greek World\u003c\/i\u003e includes the most recent scholarship on newly discovered texts and objects, and engages the latest theoretical perspectives on the gendered roles of men and women as agents of mourning. The volume also features a new section dealing with hero cults and a new appendix outlining fundamental developments in modern studies of death in the ancient Greek world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Serena Mirto\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Classical Philology, Department of Classics, University of Pisa, Italy. \u003cb\u003eA. M. Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MA in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge and an MA with distinction in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia. A resident of the United Kingdom, she currently translates both academic and literary texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863005200672,"sku":"9780806141879","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/owoAIFusNL9780806141879.webp?v=1781637376","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-in-the-greek-world-from-homer-to-the-classical-age-volume-44-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}