Picturing Death in Classical Athens By John Howard Oakley (Hardback)

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Antiques & collectables: ceram

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Cambridge university press

Picturing Death in Classical Athens : Cambridge University Press : 9780521820165 : 0521820162 : 04 Jul 2005 : The Attic white lekythoi, funerary vases long appreciated for their beautiful polychrome images, evoke the style of lost classical wall and mural paintings. This richly illustrated volume closely examines the four major types of scenes: domestic pictures; the mythological conductors of the soul; the prothesis (wake); and visits to the grave. John Oakley analyzes these pictures in context, documenting relationships between the "rites of passage," Athenian history, and the changing perceptions of death in fifth-century Athens.

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