The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi: Allegory and Visual Narrative in the Late Empire

ISBN-13: 9781316510919 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Mont Allen

Opis

This book explores the disappearance of Greek mythic imagery from the Roman sarcophagi in the 3rd Century.

Spis treści

Introduction – the death of myth on Roman sarcophagi; 1. Myth a casualty of Christianity; 2. Bucolic sarcophagi and elite retreat; 3. Refuge from the third-century crisis; 4. Culture, status, and rising populism; 5. Myth abstracted: from narrative to symbol; 6. Distinguishing the mythological: function and form; 7. Myth, history, and the desire for proximity; Coda – myth revived: temporality and the afterlife.