Mario Erasmo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5633234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mario Erasmo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mario |
| FAMILY NAME | Erasmo |
| SIGNATURE | ERASMO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spirits of the dead
The ghosts of the past
The ghosts of the past: Latin literature, the dead, and Rome's transition to a Principate." Mortality, 13(4), pp. 365–366
Roman Tragedy
Roman tragedies were written for over three hundred years, but only fragments remain of plays that predate the works of Seneca in the mid-first century C.E., making it difficult to define the role of tragedy in ancient Roman culture. Nevertheless, in this pioneering book, Mario Erasmo draws on all the available evidence to trace the evolution of Roman tragedy from the earliest tragedians to the dramatist Seneca and to explore the role played by R…
Among the dead in ancient Rome
Despite strong prohibitions concerning contact between corpses and the living, the dead occupied an important position within the physical and literary life of Rome. This paper explores the metaphorical importance of certain rituals and literary allusions to death and the dead, in which Romans found themselves symbolically among the dead. I focus on literary and epigraphic evidence of the middle to late Republican and early Empire periods. By rea…
Among the dead in ancient Rome
Despite strong prohibitions concerning contact between corpses and the living, the dead occupied an important position within the physical and literary life of Rome. This paper explores the metaphorical importance of certain rituals and literary allusions to death and the dead, in which Romans found themselves symbolically among the dead. I focus on literary and epigraphic evidence of the middle to late Republican and early Empire periods. By rea…
Among the dead in ancient Rome
Despite strong prohibitions concerning contact between corpses and the living, the dead occupied an important position within the physical and literary life of Rome. This paper explores the metaphorical importance of certain rituals and literary allusions to death and the dead, in which Romans found themselves symbolically among the dead. I focus on literary and epigraphic evidence of the middle to late Republican and early Empire periods. By rea…
Among the dead in ancient Rome
Despite strong prohibitions concerning contact between corpses and the living, the dead occupied an important position within the physical and literary life of Rome. This paper explores the metaphorical importance of certain rituals and literary allusions to death and the dead, in which Romans found themselves symbolically among the dead. I focus on literary and epigraphic evidence of the middle to late Republican and early Empire periods. By rea…
Among the dead in ancient Rome
Despite strong prohibitions concerning contact between corpses and the living, the dead occupied an important position within the physical and literary life of Rome. This paper explores the metaphorical importance of certain rituals and literary allusions to death and the dead, in which Romans found themselves symbolically among the dead. I focus on literary and epigraphic evidence of the middle to late Republican and early Empire periods. By rea…
Roman Tragedy
Roman tragedies were written for over three hundred years, but only fragments remain of plays that predate the works of Seneca in the mid-first century C.E., making it difficult to define the role of tragedy in ancient Roman culture. Nevertheless, in this pioneering book, Mario Erasmo draws on all the available evidence to trace the evolution of Roman tragedy from the earliest tragedians to the dramatist Seneca and to explore the role played by R…
Spirits of the dead
The ghosts of the past
The ghosts of the past: Latin literature, the dead, and Rome's transition to a Principate." Mortality, 13(4), pp. 365–366
History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 works)