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Pages: 182
Authors: Florence Bistagne
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Preface and acknowledgements / F. Bistagne, C. Boidin, and R. Mouren -- Apuleius' travels: historical and geographical diffusion -- The medieval Ass: re-evaluat
The Afterlife in Early Christian Carthage
Language: en
Pages: 255
Authors: Stephen E. Potthoff
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-01 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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The Afterlife in Early Christian Carthage explores how the visionary experiences of early Christian martyrs shaped and informed early Christian ancestor cult an
The Metamorphoses of Apuleius
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Carl C. Schlam
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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This book examines the comic and philosophical aspects of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, the ancient Roman novel also known as The Golden Ass. The tales that comprise
The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife
Language: en
Pages: 251
Authors: Jan N. Bremmer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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Belief in the afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth of its existence is no longer universally accepted. Surprisingly
Visualizing the Afterlife in the Tombs of Graeco-Roman Egypt
Language: en
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Authors: Marjorie Susan Venit
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explores the visual narratives of a group of decorated tombs from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (c.300 BCE-250 CE). The author contextualizes the tombs wi