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The ears of Hermes : communication, images, and identity in the classical world
- Title
- The ears of Hermes : communication, images, and identity in the classical world / Maurizio Bettini ; translated by William Michael Short.
- Author
- Bettini, Maurizio.
- Publication
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2011.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Short, William Michael, 1977-
- Description
- xv, 278 p.; 24 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Orecchie di Hermes. English
- Alternative Title
- Orecchie di Hermes.
- Subject
- Note
- Translated from the Italian.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-1274
- ISBN
- 9780814211700 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0814211704 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780814292716 (cd-rom)
- 0814292712 (cd-rom)
- LCCN
- 2011015908
- OCLC
- YBP 2011015908
- Author
- Bettini, Maurizio.
- Title
- The ears of Hermes : communication, images, and identity in the classical world / Maurizio Bettini ; translated by William Michael Short.
- Imprint
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Short, William Michael, 1977-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-1274