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Author Hill, Timothy, 1973-

Title Ambitiosa mors [electronic resource] : suicide and the self in Roman thought and literature / Timothy Hill.

Imprint New York : Routledge, 2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 335 p.
Series Studies in classics ; v. 10
Studies in classics (Routledge (Firm)) ; v. 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Cicero -- Lucretius and epicureanism -- Eros, self-killing, and the suicidal lover in republican literature -- Vergil -- Ovid -- Seneca -- The concept of political suicide at Rome -- Lucan -- Petronius -- Epilogue: Roman suicide after Nero.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Suicide -- Rome.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0415970970 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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