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9780195380989

Death Antiquity and Its Legacy

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    9780195380989

  • ISBN10:

    0195380983

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-05-01
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Personal and yet universal, inevitable and unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures since earliest times. Remarkably, across the span of several millennia and despite the myriad of cultural profusions since antiquity, we can recognize in the customs of ancient Greece and Rome ceremonies and rituals that have lasting resonance today in both the East and West. For example, preparing the corpse of the deceased, holding a memorial service, the practice of cremation and of burial in "resting places" are all processes that can trace their origin to ancient practices. Such rites-described by Cicero and Herodotus, among others-have defined traditional modern funerals. Yet of late there has been a shift away from classical ritual and somber memorialization as the dead are transformed into spectacles. Impromptu roadside shrines, "virtual" memorials, the embalmment of the deceased in the attitude of daily activity, and even firework displays have come to the fore as new modes of marking, even celebrating, bereavement. What is causing this change, and how do urbanization, economic factors, and the rise of individualism play a part? Mario Erasmo creatively explicates and explores the nexus between classical and contemporary approaches to death and interment. From theme funerals in St. Louis to Etruscan sarcophagi, he offers a rich and insightful discussion of the end of life across the ages.

Author Biography

Mario Erasmo is Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Reading Death in Ancient Rome (2008), Roman Tragedy: Theatre to Theatricality (2004) and Archaic Latin Verse (2001).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Forewordp. ix
Prefacep. xi
Funeralsp. 1
Funeral paradigmsp. 2
Death on the peripheryp. 5
Staging the deadp. 8
Viewing the deadp. 13
Likening the deadp. 19
Animating the deadp. 22
Disposalp. 30
Cremationp. 31
Staging cremationsp. 33
Containing the deadp. 41
Burials and secondary disposalp. 56
Location And Commemorationp. 61
The dead on the peripheryp. 66
The ancient dead on the peripheryp. 74
Gates of the living and the deadp. 84
Legacy of Roman tombsp. 92
Neoclassicismp. 98
Cult of the Deadp. 105
(Self-) Identifying the deadp. 109
Moving memorialsp. 115
Visiting the deadp. 117
Drinking and eating with the deadp. 121
Touring the deadp. 132
Epiloguep. 140
Some Suggestions For Further Readingp. 143
Notesp. 145
Picture Creditsp. 171
Indexp. 173
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