Flesheaters
Roman metropolitan sarcophagi are often adorned with reliefs representing the lives of the heroes and heroines of Greek myth. Why were particular Greek myths so popular? How easy – or difficult – was it to identify and interpret the mythical stories represented? What emotions were the stories meant to evoke in the mourner at the tomb? And what might be the value of all these intricately carved marble sarcophagi for the writing of Roman social and cultural history?
Roman metropolitan sarcophagi are often adorned with reliefs representing the lives of the heroes and heroines of Greek myth. Why were particular Greek myths so popular? How easy – or difficult – was it to identify and interpret the mythical stories represented? What emotions were the stories meant to evoke in the mourner at the tomb? And what might be the value of all these intricately carved marble sarcophagi for the writing of Roman social and cultural history?
| ISBN: | 9783954904006 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 192 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Hallett, Christopher H. |
| Verlag: | Reichert, L |
| Veröffentlicht: | 22.11.2019 |
| Untertitel: | An International Symposium on Roman Sarcophagi. University of California at Berkeley 18–19 September 2009 |
| Schlagworte: | Altertumswissenschaften Archäologie Bestattungsräume Geschichte Greek Kunstgeschichte Mythologie Roman Art Sarkophage |
Christopher Hallett is Professor of Roman Art at the University of California at Berkeley. He is probably best known for his publications on Roman portraiture, but he is also a field archaeologist, who has worked for many years at New York University’s Excavations at Aphrodisias in Turkey.