Tears in the Graeco-Roman World (Hardcover)

This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel. The collection also contains two papers from modern socio-psychology.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	July 2009
Editors:	Thorsten Foegen
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	497
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-020111-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	3-11-020111-9
Barcode:	9783110201116

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