Greek and Roman Consolations: Eight studies of a tradition and its afterlife edited by Han BaltussenEnglish | February 4, 2013 | ISBN: 1905125569 | True PDF | 232 pages | 3.3 MB
In the Ancient World death came - on average - at a far earlier age than in today's West, and without the authoritative warnings given by modern medicine. Consolation for the trauma of loss had, accordingly, a more prominent role to play. This volume presents eight original studies on consolatory writings from ancient Greek, Roman, early Christian and Arabic societies.