Ashes, images, and memories : the presence of the war dead in fifth-century Athens / Nathan T. Arrington.

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Main Author: Arrington, Nathan T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Oxford Scholarship Online.
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Online Access:Click to view E-book
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Summary:This study argues that the institution of public burial for the war dead and images of the deceased in civic and sacred spaces fundamentally changed how people conceived of military casualties. In a period characterized by war and the threat of civil strife, the nascent democracy claimed the fallen for the city and commemorated them with rituals and images that shaped a civic ideology of struggle and self-sacrifice on behalf of a unified community.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199369096 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199369072.001.0001
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 18, 2014).