Tears in the Graeco-Roman World
Download or Read eBook Tears in the Graeco-Roman World PDF written by Thorsten Fögen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Thorsten Fögen |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110201116 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110201119 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tears in the Graeco-Roman World by : Thorsten Fögen
Book excerpt: 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.
