Tears in the Graeco-Roman World

Tears in the Graeco-Roman World
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 498
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ISBN-10 : 9783110201116
ISBN-13 : 3110201119
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Download or read book Tears in the Graeco-Roman World 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. 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.


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