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Author: British museum dept. of Gr. and Rom. antiqPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 336
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A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan vases in the British museum. 4 vols. [in 5].
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Author: British museum dept. of Gr. and Rom. antiqPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum
Author: ForsdykeA Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesPublisher:
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Category : Vases
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum. Vol. IV, Vases of the Latest Period
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
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Category : Vase-painting, Greek
Languages : en
Pages :
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Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial libraryPublisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Who's who
Author: Underworld
Author: David SaundersPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606067346
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Abundantly illustrated, this essential volume examines depictions of the Underworld in southern Italian vase painting and explores the religious and cultural beliefs behind them. What happens to us when we die? What might the afterlife look like? For the ancient Greeks, the dead lived on, overseen by Hades in the Underworld. We read of famous sinners, such as Sisyphus, forever rolling his rock, and the fierce guard dog Kerberos, who was captured by Herakles. For mere mortals, ritual and religion offered possibilities for ensuring a happy existence in the beyond, and some of the richest evidence for beliefs about death comes from southern Italy, where the local Italic peoples engaged with Greek beliefs. Monumental funerary vases that accompanied the deceased were decorated with consolatory scenes from myth, and around forty preserve elaborate depictions of Hades’s domain. For the first time in over four decades, these compelling vase paintings are brought together in one volume, with detailed commentaries and ample illustrations. The catalogue is accompanied by a series of essays by leading experts in the field, which provides a framework for understanding these intriguing scenes and their contexts. Topics include attitudes toward the afterlife in Greek ritual and myth, inscriptions on leaves of gold that provided guidance for the deceased; funerary practices and religious beliefs in Apulia, and the importance accorded to Orpheus and Dionysos. Drawing from a variety of textual and archaeological sources, this volume is an essential source for anyone interested in religion and belief in the ancient Mediterranean.
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Author: The British Museum Yearbook
Author: British MuseumPublisher:
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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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