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