Old age among the ancient Greeks;
the Greek portrayal of old age in literature, art, and inscriptions, with a study of the duration of life among the ancient Greeks on the basis of inscriptional evidence,
by Bessie Ellen Richardson.

Description

Main Author

Richardson, Bessie Ellen, 1901-

Language(s)

English

Published

Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1933.

Subjects

Inscriptions, Greek.
Human figure in art.
Art, Greek.
Greek literature > Greek literature / History and criticism.
Old age.
Greece > Greece / Social life and customs.

Note

"Concordance to literary passages": p. 237-243; "Concordance and index to art": p. 244-276; "Catalogue of inscriptions": p. 277-360.
Preface and chapters I-II issued also as thesis, Johns Hopkins university.

Physical Description

xv, 376 p. plates, diagr. 24 cm.

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