Ambitiosa Mors: Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature
Author:   T. D. Hill
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   348
Publication Date:   06 January 2011
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Ambitiosa Mors: Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature


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Author:   T. D. Hill
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780415891189


ISBN 10:   0415891183
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   06 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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""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


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


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