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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.Vermeule, Emily T. is the author of 'Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry' with ISBN 9780520044043 and ISBN 0520044045.
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