Debbie Felton

Monsters and Monarchs: Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This captivating study uses stories from classical antiquity to show that serial killers were almost as prevalent in ancient society as they are today, challenging the belief that such killers are an artifact of modern society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: UNIV OF TEXAS PR
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781477323571
• ISBN-10: 1477323570
• Artikelnr.: 60890806

Autorenporträt

Debbie Felton, Professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is the author of Haunted Greece and Rome: Ghost Stories from Classical Antiquity and editor of Landscapes of Dread in Classical Antiquity: Negative Emotion in Natural and Constructed Spaces.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Serial Killers in the Ancient World
Chapter 1. Identifying Serial Killers Then and Now
Chapter 2. Methods to the Madness
Chapter 3. Motives for Serial Murder across the Ages
Chapter 4. Murderous Greek Roof-Tiles and Other Legal Problems
Chapter 5. Murder and the Advantages of Roman Citizenship
Chapter 6. The Popularity of Serial Poisoning
Chapter 7. Heracles and the Headhunters
Chapter 8. Theseus and the Highway Killers
Chapter 9. How Boxing Evolved from Murderous Contest to Olympic Sport
Chapter 10. Serial Murders in Local Legends
Chapter 11. Serial Slaying of Suitors and Spouses
Chapter 12. Witches and Other Child-Murderers
Chapter 13. Serial Murder Then and Now, There and Here
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index