Ambitiosa Mors - Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature

Zusatztext "it fully realizes its claim to deepen our understanding of ancient suicide by making self-killing practices of the Roman elite of the Early Principate part of the ancient category of good dying, euthanatein in the classical sense." -- Anton J.L. van Hooff, Nijmegen University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Informationen zum Autor T. D. Hill Klappentext First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Covering the writing of most major Latin authors between Lucretius and Lucan, this book argues that the significance of the 'noble death' in Roman culture cannot be understood if the phenomenon is viewed in the context of modern ideas of the self. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Cicero 3. Lucretius and Epicureanism 4. Eros , Self-Killing, and the Suicidal Lover in Republican Literature 5. Vergil 6. Ovid 7. Seneca 8. The Concept of the Political Suicide at Rome 9. Lucan 10. Petronius Epilogue: Roman Suicide after Nero

Product details

• Authors: T D Hill, T. D. Hill, Timothy Hill, HILL T D, Hill T. D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2004
• EAN: 9780415970976
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97097-6
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Studies in Classics; Studies in Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Sociology: death and dying