Tears in the Graeco-Roman World

This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity. The papers cover the time from the eighth century BCE until late antiquity and take into account a broad variety of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, historiography, elegy, philosophical texts, epigram and the novel. The collection also contains two papers from modern socio-psychology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110201119
• ISBN13: 9783110201116
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 497 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary