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Restless dead : encounters between the living and the dead in ancient Greece /
Ancient Greek ideas about the dead evolved in response to changing social and cultural conditions - most notably changes associated with the development of the polis, such as funerary legislation, and changes due to increased contacts with cultures of the ancient Near East. Johnston presents and int...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1999.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Ancient Greek ideas about the dead evolved in response to changing social and cultural conditions - most notably changes associated with the development of the polis, such as funerary legislation, and changes due to increased contacts with cultures of the ancient Near East. Johnston presents and interprets these changes, using them to build a complex picture of the way in which the society of the dead reflected that of the living, expressing and defusing its tensions, reiterating its values and eventually becoming a source of significant power for those who knew how to control it. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 329 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520922310 052092231X 0585160368 9780585160368 |