Book contents
- Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
- Greek Culture in the Roman World
- Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction: Greek Myths, Roman Lives
- 1 Art and Power in the Public Sphere
- 2 Recreating Myth in the Roman Villa
- 3 Paideia, Rhetoric and Self-representation: Responses to Mythological Wall-paintings
- 4 Mythological Wall-paintings in the Roman House
- 5 From Home to Tomb: Myths in the Funerary Realm
- 6 The Rhetoric of Mythological Sarcophagi: Praise, Lament and Consolation
- 7 Epilogue: The Roman Past, the Culture of Exemplarity and a New Role for Greek Myth
- Bibliography
- Index
- Book part
5 - From Home to Tomb: Myths in the Funerary Realm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2016
Book contents
- Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
- Greek Culture in the Roman World
- Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Book part
- Glossary
- Introduction: Greek Myths, Roman Lives
- 1 Art and Power in the Public Sphere
- 2 Recreating Myth in the Roman Villa
- 3 Paideia, Rhetoric and Self-representation: Responses to Mythological Wall-paintings
- 4 Mythological Wall-paintings in the Roman House
- 5 From Home to Tomb: Myths in the Funerary Realm
- 6 The Rhetoric of Mythological Sarcophagi: Praise, Lament and Consolation
- 7 Epilogue: The Roman Past, the Culture of Exemplarity and a New Role for Greek Myth
- Bibliography
- Index
- Book part
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- Greek Myths in Roman Art and CultureImagery, Values and Identity in Italy, 50 BC–AD 250, pp. 228 - 272Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016