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Monsters and monarchs : serial killers in classical myth and history /
"Although serial killers are often thought to be a recent phenomenon, with accounts frequently beginning with Jack the Ripper, Felton aims to demonstrate that serial killers were nearly as common in the ancient world as they are in the modern one, using evidence from Greek and Roman history and...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Austin, TX :
University of Texas Press,
2021
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Serial killers in the ancient world
- Identifying serial killers then and now
- Methods to the madness
- What motivates serial killers across the ages
- Murderous Greek roof-tiles and other legal problems
- Murder and the advantages of roman citizenship
- The popularity of serial poisoning
- Heracles and the headhunters
- Theseus and the highway killers
- From murderous contests to Olympic sport
- Serial murders in local legends
- Serial slaying of suitors and spouses
- Witches and other child-murderers
- Serial murder then and now, there and here