Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry

The ancient Greeks devoted a significant portion of their poetic and artistic energy to exploring themes of death. Vermeule examines the facts and fictions of Greek death, including burial and mourning, visions of the underworld, souls and ghosts, the value of heroic death in battle, the quest for immortality, the linked powers of death, sleep, and love, and more. 
The ancient Greeks devoted a significant portion of their poetic and artistic energy to exploring themes of death. Vermeule examines the facts and fictions of Greek death, including burial and mourning, visions of the underworld, souls and ghosts, the val

Emily Vermeule was Professor Emerita at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books, including Mycenaean Pictorial Vase-Painting and Toumba Tou Skourou.