The Ears of Hermes : Communication, Images, and Identity in the Classical World / Maurizio Bettini ; translated by William Michael Short.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2011Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814270684
Uniform titles:
  • Orecchie di Hermes. English
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Contents:
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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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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