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This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan, Jewish and Christian sources. Today's society is uncomfortable with death, and willingly submitting to a violent and ostentatious death in public is seen as particularly shocking and unusual. Yet classical sources give a different view, with public self-sacrifice often being applauded. The Romans admired a heroic end in the battlefield or the arena, suicide in the tradition of Socrates was something laudable, and Christians and Jews alike faithfully commemorated their heroes who died during religious persecutions. The cross-cultural approach and wide chronological range of this study make it valuable for those interested in ancient history, religion and literature.
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- Schriftsteller Avemarie, Friedrich
- ISBN13 9780415138918
- ISBN10 0415138914
- Buchseiten 200
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2002
- Sprache Englisch
Martyrdom and noble death: selected texts from graeco-roman, jewish and christian Antiquity
- Autor/in Friedrich Avemarie
- Verlag ROUTLEDGE
- ISBN 9780415138918
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