The Ears of Hermes : Communication, Images, and Identity in the Classical World /

Bettini, Maurizio.

The Ears of Hermes : Communication, Images, and Identity in the Classical World / Maurizio Bettini ; translated by William Michael Short. - 1 online resource (344 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Hermes' ears : places and symbols of communication in ancient culture -- Brutus the fool -- Mos, mores, and mos maiorum : the invention of morality in Roman culture -- Face to face in ancient Rome : the vocabulary of physical appearance in Latin -- Sosia and his substitute : thinking the double at Rome -- Ghosts of exile : doubles and nostalgia in Vergil's Parva troia -- Death and its double : imagines, ridiculum, and honos in the Roman aristocratic funeral -- Argumentum.

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Translated from the Italian.

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Hermes (Greek deity)
Hermes (Greek deity) --In literature.


Hermes (Greek deity) in literature.
Literature and anthropology--Rome.
Literature and anthropology--Greece.
Classical literature--History and criticism.
Literatur
Latein
Kulturelle Identität
Kulturanthropologie
Kultur
Griechisch
Antike
Literature and anthropology.
Literature.
Classical literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Litterature ancienne--Histoire et critique.
Litterature et anthropologie--Grece.
Litterature et anthropologie--Rome.
Classical literature--History and criticism.
Literature and anthropology--Greece.
Literature and anthropology--Rome.


Latein.
Griechisch.
Römisches Reich
Griechenland
Rome (Empire)
Greece.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.