Ambitiosa Mors : Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature
by
T. D. Hill
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Classics
ISBN-10
0415891183
ISBN-13
9780415891189
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 6th, 2011
Print length
348 Pages
Weight
520 grams
Ksh 10,600.00
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In this book, T.D. Hill traces the cultural logic which animated the suicides of Roman aristocrats, describing the meaning and significance of such deaths in their original cultural context. Covering the writing of most major Latin authors between Lucretius and Lucan, this book argues that the significance of the ''noble death'' in Roman culture cannot be understood if the phenomenon is viewed in the context of modern ideas of the nature of the self.
Although the distinctive - and sometimes bizarre - means by which Roman aristocrats often chose to end their lives has attracted some scholarly attention in the past, most writers on the subject have been content to view this a s an irrational and inexplicable aspect of Roman culture. In this book, T.D. Hill traces the cultural logic which animated these suicides, describing the meaning and significance of such deaths in their original cultural context. Covering the writing of most major Latin authors between Lucretius and Lucan, this book argues that the significance of the ''noble death'' in Roman culture cannot be understood if the phenomenon is viewed in the context of modern ideas of the nature of the self.
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