The ancient Greeks devoted a significant portion of their artistic energy to exploring themes of death. This book examines the facts and fictions of Greek death, including burial and mourning, visions of the underworld, souls and ghosts, the value of heroic death in battle, the quest for immortality, the linked powers of death, sleep and love and more.
- ISBN10 0520044045
- ISBN13 9780520044043
- Publish Date 29 September 1981 (first published October 1979)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 November 2006
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 285
- Language English