Inscribing Sorrow: Fourth-Century Attic Funerary Epigrams

by Christos C. Tsagalis and Christos Tsagalis

Fourth-century Attic grave epigrams reflect a transitional phase in the evolution of the genre of epigram. They testify to a shift of interest towards social issues such as the family, the deceased's age and profession. In a turbulent period of restlessness and uncertainty that followed the devastating Peloponnesian war, the commemoration of the departed in private monuments became an effective mechanism of displaying publicly a new set of social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110201321
• ISBN13: 9783110201321
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary