The American Historical Review · 1997 · 129 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesClassicsHistoryAncient HistoryGreek HistoryGreek LiteratureAncient GreeceClassical AntiquityDeath BeliefsGreek ArtGreek Literary CriticismGreek TragedyAncient Greek HistoriographyDeath IconographyDeath SymbolismImmortality In Greek LiteratureInterpreting Literary TextsOrigin Of Death MythsRitual In Greek Tragedy
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.