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

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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...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Arrington, Nathan T.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2015].
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (360 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-006240-1
0-19-936909-7
0-19-936908-9
Schlagworte:
War and society > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Battle casualties > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Burial > Social aspects > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
War memorials > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
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