02309nam 22006374a 450 991095835200332120251116175005.01-135-87655-X1-135-87656-80-203-60669-81-280-09884-80-203-49284-610.4324/9780203492840 (CKB)1000000000247686(EBL)183035(OCoLC)310464225(SSID)ssj0000288618(PQKBManifestationID)11222834(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288618(PQKBWorkID)10391129(PQKB)10564280(MiAaPQ)EBC183035(Au-PeEL)EBL183035(CaPaEBR)ebr10161729(CaONFJC)MIL9884(OCoLC)57046538(EXLCZ)99100000000024768620031217d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmbitiosa mors suicide and the self in Roman thought and literature /Timothy Hill1st ed.New York Routledge20041 online resource (348 p.)Studies in classics ;v. 10Description based upon print version of record.0-415-89118-3 0-415-97097-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.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.Covering the writing of most major Latin authors between Lucretius and Lucan, this book argues that the significance of the 'noble death' in Roman culture cannot be understood if the phenomenon is viewed in the context of modern ideas of the self.Studies in classics (Routledge (Firm)) ;v. 10.SuicideRomeSuicide362.28/0937Hill Timothy1973-1882291MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958352003321Ambitiosa mors4497432UNINA