From Autothanasia to Suicide

Self-killing in Classical Antiquity

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History
Cover of the book From Autothanasia to Suicide by Anton J. L. van Hooff, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Anton J. L. van Hooff ISBN: 9781134953783
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 11, 2002
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Anton J. L. van Hooff
ISBN: 9781134953783
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 11, 2002
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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