Monsters and monarchs : serial killers in classical myth and history

Monsters and monarchs : serial killers in classical myth and history / Debbie Felton.

"Although serial killers are often thought to be a recent phenomenon, with accounts frequently beginning with Jack the Ripper, Felton aims to demonstrate that serial killers were nearly as common in the ancient world as they are in the modern one, using evidence from Greek and Roman history and...

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Main Author: Felton, Debbie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2021
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Serial murderers > History.
Serial murders > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Serial murderers
Serial murders
Electronic books.
History
True crime stories.
Récits criminels.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Serial killers in the ancient world
  • Identifying serial killers then and now
  • Methods to the madness
  • What motivates serial killers across the ages
  • Murderous Greek roof-tiles and other legal problems
  • Murder and the advantages of roman citizenship
  • The popularity of serial poisoning
  • Heracles and the headhunters
  • Theseus and the highway killers
  • From murderous contests to Olympic sport
  • Serial murders in local legends
  • Serial slaying of suitors and spouses
  • Witches and other child-murderers
  • Serial murder then and now, there and here

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