Tears in the Graeco-Roman World

De Gruyter, 2009

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Analyses the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. This book covers the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and takes into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel.

ISBN-13
9783110201116
ISBN-10
3110201119
Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2009
Publication date
2009-08-19
Pages
497
Dimensions
230x155x
Weight
833