Death and Disease in the Ancient City (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hope, Valerie M.; Marshall, Eireann

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134611553
• Artikelnr.: 47886103

Autorenporträt

Eireann Marshall, Valerie M. Hope

Inhaltsangabe

CONTRIBUTORS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ABBREVIATIONS, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 DEATH AND DISEASE IN CYRENE, 3 SICKNESS IN THE BODY POLITIC, 4 POLIS NOSOUSA, 5 DEATH AND EPIDEMIC DISEASE IN CLASSICAL ATHENS, 6 MEDICAL THOUGHTS ON URBAN POLLUTION, 7 TOWNS AND MARSHES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD*, 8 ON THE MARGINS OF THE CITY OF ROME, 9 CONTEMPT AND RESPECT, 10 DEALING WITH THE DEAD, 11 DEATH-POLLUTION AND FUNERALS IN THE CITY OF ROME, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

Rezensionen

'This is an ambitious and stimulating collection of essays built around a strong central theme. - Rachel Hall Sternberg, The College of Wooster

'For the interplay of religious dread and mundane practical concerns, as well as for issues of prestige and disgrace and other matters of wide concern, there are useful conclusions and insights and a host of well digested and fascinating data.' - Mortality

'This is an ambitious and stimulating collection of essays built around a strong central theme. - Rachel Hall Sternberg, The College of Wooster

'For the interplay of religious dread and mundane practical concerns, as well as for issues of prestige and disgrace and other matters of wide concern, there are useful conclusions and insights and a host of well digested and fascinating data.' - Mortality