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Book review: Images of Eternal Beauty in Funerary Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Periods , written by Wypustek, A.

Book review: Images of Eternal Beauty in Funerary Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and... Images of Eternal Beauty in Funerary Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Periods (Mnemosyne Supplement 352). Leiden/Boston, Brill, 2013. xii, 246 pp., 10 figures. Pr. $133.00. isbn 9789004233188. At a time when almost every new book on any given topic claims―far too emphatically and often undeservedly―that it represents the first ever study on a subject, it is certainly refreshing to read in the introduction to this recent analysis of Hellenistic and Roman funerary epigrams that it “is just one more”. While the author demonstrates an obvious appreciation of previous scholarship, for which he should be commended, one must also stress that W.’s study transforms a “seemingly conventional approach” to a well-known corpus of epigraphic material into an innovative, thoughtful, and well structured analysis of the deceased and their relationship with the gods as expressed through funerary texts. The author’s treatment of the inscriptions goes beyond literary analysis to discuss epigrams as an important means for understanding not only religious beliefs but also the ancient mentality in general. Chapter One ( Eschatological Themes in Epigrams , pp. 5-28) has an introductory character, laying out clearly some of the basic issues that the study will address. At the outset, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Book review: Images of Eternal Beauty in Funerary Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Periods , written by Wypustek, A.

Mylonopoulos, Joannis
Mnemosyne , Volume 67 (3): 513 – Jun 10, 2014
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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De novis libris iudicia
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0026-7074
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1568-525X
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10.1163/1568525X-12341703
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Images of Eternal Beauty in Funerary Verse Inscriptions of the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman Periods (Mnemosyne Supplement 352). Leiden/Boston, Brill, 2013. xii, 246 pp., 10 figures. Pr. $133.00. isbn 9789004233188. At a time when almost every new book on any given topic claims―far too emphatically and often undeservedly―that it represents the first ever study on a subject, it is certainly refreshing to read in the introduction to this recent analysis of Hellenistic and Roman funerary epigrams that it “is just one more”. While the author demonstrates an obvious appreciation of previous scholarship, for which he should be commended, one must also stress that W.’s study transforms a “seemingly conventional approach” to a well-known corpus of epigraphic material into an innovative, thoughtful, and well structured analysis of the deceased and their relationship with the gods as expressed through funerary texts. The author’s treatment of the inscriptions goes beyond literary analysis to discuss epigrams as an important means for understanding not only religious beliefs but also the ancient mentality in general. Chapter One ( Eschatological Themes in Epigrams , pp. 5-28) has an introductory character, laying out clearly some of the basic issues that the study will address. At the outset,

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Published: Jun 10, 2014

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