| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 1
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Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-342) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter; Contents; Quotations and Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Use of Gnomic Expressions; Chapter 2. Poetic Imagery; Chapter 3. Public Display, Private Focus: Redefining Social Virtues; Chapter 4. Narrative Development and Poetic Technique; Conclusion; Backmatter. |
| Summary |
Fourth-century Attic grave epigrams reflect a transitional phase in the evolution of the genre of epigram. They testify to a shift of interest towards social issues such as the family, the deceased's age and profession. In a turbulent period of restlessness and uncertainty that followed the devastating Peloponnesian war, the commemoration of the departed in private monuments became an effective mechanism of displaying publicly a new set of social concerns. It is within these contexts that special emphasis has been put on the composition of sepulchral epigrams, their gradual autonomization and s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Epigrams, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epigrams, Greek. |
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Epitaphs -- Greece -- History and criticism.
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Epitaphs. |
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Greece. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies in literature.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies in literature. |
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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Greece.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tsagalis, Christos. Inscribing sorrow. Berlin ; New York : W. De Gruyter, ©2008 3110201321 9783110201321 (OCoLC)220330045 |
| ISBN |
9783110211658 (electronic book) |
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3110211653 (electronic book) |
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1282197088 |
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9781282197084 |
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3110201321 |
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9783110201321 |
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3110201321 |
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9783110201321 |
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