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From Autothanasia to Suicide: Self-killing in Classical Antiquity
Contributor(s): Van Hooff, Anton J. L. (Author)
ISBN: 0415513243     ISBN-13: 9780415513241
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $54.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Suicide
- History | Ancient - General
Dewey: 362.28
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 332 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Using almost a thousand case studies, both real and fictional, Dr van Hooff provides us with a unique and engaging insight into self-killing in the Graeco-Roman world.
The author analyses the methods and motives which lie behind self-killing relating them to ancient popular morality as it appears in the various media and traces the development of the concept of self-murder, as opposed to the original idea of autothanasia, which lies at the root of the Christian abhorrence of suicide.