Surveying funerary rites and attitudes toward death from the time of Homer to the fourth century B.C., Robert Garland seeks to show what the ordinary Greek felt about death and the dead. The Second Edition features a substantial new prefatory essay in which Garland addresses recent questions and debates about death and the early Greeks. The book also includes an updated Supplementary Bibliography. Praise for the first edition: "This [volume] contains a rich and remarkably complete collection of the abundant but scattered literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence on death in the ancient world as well as an extensive bibliography on the subject. Robert Garland conceives of death as a process, a rite of passage, a mutual but changing relationship between the deceased and [his or her] survivors. . . . A most useful collection of evidence, sensibly organized (no small feat) and lucidly presented. . . . A valuable source on the Greeks and on the always-lively subject of death."-American Historical Review "Much can be learned from this engaging survey of popular attitudes toward death, the dying, and the dead in Greece down to the end of the Classical period. . . . Appealing to scholars and the general audience."-Religious Studies Review
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Good. Surveying funerary rites and attitudes toward death from the time of Homer to the fourth century B.C., Robert Garland seeks to show what the ordinary Greek felt about death and the dead. The Second Edition features a substantial new prefatory essay in which Garland addresses recent questions and debates about death and the early Greeks. The book also includes an updated Supplementary Bibliography. Praise for the first "This [volume] contains a rich and remarkably complete collection of the abundant but scattered literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence on death in the ancient world as well as an extensive bibliography on the subject. Robert Garland conceives of death as a process, a rite of passage, a mutual but changing relationship between the deceased and [his or her] survivors. . . . A most useful collection of evidence, sensibly organized (no small feat) and lucidly presented. . . . A valuable source on the Greeks and on the always-lively subject of death."-American Historical Review "Much can be learned from this engaging survey of popular attitudes toward death, the dying, and the dead in Greece down to the end of the Classical period. . . . Appealing to scholars and the general audience."-Religious Studies Review. Seller Inventory # SONG0801495288
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: As New. Cornell University Press, 1988. Softbound book condition: as new. Covers, spine, binding, pages all as new. 192 pages; 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.5; 1 lb. shipping weight. Colgate Classics professor Garland's volume addresses the Greeks' treatment of the dead and associated funerary and religious rites from the eighth to the fourth century BCE. During this period, and always depending on the wealth and social importance of the dead, these attitudes and practices changed markedly. One important change was the belief in the fate of the dead after death, and the question surrounding postmortem punishment of those guilty of certain offenses. Seller Inventory # 3.2.6.27
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: As New. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Seller Inventory # 2103090094
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. "Surveying funerary rites and attitudes toward death from the time of Homer to the Fourth century B. C. , Seeks to show what the ordinary Greek felt about death and the dead." ; 5 1/2 x 8 3/8"; 192 pages. Seller Inventory # 108342