The ears of Hermes : communication, images, and identity in the classical world

The ears of Hermes : communication, images, and identity in the classical world / Maurizio Bettini ; translated by William Michael Short.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bettini, Maurizio
Other Authors:	Short, William Michael, 1977-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English Italian
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2011.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Hermes > (Greek deity) > In literature. Hermes > (Greek deity) Literature and anthropology > Rome. Literature and anthropology > Greece. Classical literature > History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Classical literature Literature Literature and anthropology Antike Griechisch Kultur Kulturanthropologie Kulturelle Identität Latein Literatur Hermes (Greek deity) in literature. Greece Rome (Empire) Griechenland > Altertum Römisches Reich Griechisch. Latein. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Click for online access
Uniform Title:	Orecchie di Hermes.

Table of Contents:

Hermes' ears : places and symbols of communication in ancient culture
Brutus the fool
Mos, mores, and mos maiorum : the invention of morality in Roman culture
Face to face in ancient Rome : the vocabulary of physical appearance in Latin
Sosia and his substitute : thinking the double at Rome
Ghosts of exile : doubles and nostalgia in Vergil's Parva troia
Death and its double : imagines, ridiculum, and honos in the Roman aristocratic funeral
Argumentum.