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This captivating study uses stories from classical antiquity to show that serial killers were almost as prevalent in ancient society as they are today, challenging the belief that such killers are an artifact of modern society.
Sommario
- Introduction. Serial Killers in the Ancient World
- Chapter 1. Identifying Serial Killers Then and Now
- Chapter 2. Methods to the Madness
- Chapter 3. Motives for Serial Murder across the Ages
- Chapter 4. Murderous Greek Roof-Tiles and Other Legal Problems
- Chapter 5. Murder and the Advantages of Roman Citizenship
- Chapter 6. The Popularity of Serial Poisoning
- Chapter 7. Heracles and the Headhunters
- Chapter 8. Theseus and the Highway Killers
- Chapter 9. How Boxing Evolved from Murderous Contest to Olympic Sport
- Chapter 10. Serial Murders in Local Legends
- Chapter 11. Serial Slaying of Suitors and Spouses
- Chapter 12. Witches and Other Child-Murderers
- Chapter 13. Serial Murder Then and Now, There and Here
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Image Credits
- Index
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Debbie Felton, Professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is the author of
Haunted Greece and Rome: Ghost Stories from Classical Antiquity and editor of
Landscapes of Dread in Classical Antiquity: Negative Emotion in Natural and Constructed Spaces.
