Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 A Regional Survey of Tomb Cults Chapter 3 EPic and Mythical Heroes' Cults Chapter 4 The Cult of the Dead Chapter 5 An Archaeology of Ancestors Chapter 6 Bibliography Chapter 7 Index

About the Author

Carla M. Antonaccio is assistant professor of classics at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Reviews

The book is a mine of documentation, presented with skill and knowledge; an extensive bibliography and a brief index complete this facinating volume.
*Journal Of Indoeuropean Studies*

This is a scholarly work which must be read by anyone teaching Greek religion, Greek civilization, or Homer, and would also be enjoyed by the well-iformed lay reader.
*Religious Studies Review*

There is much of value in the present work, especially her discussions of individual sites. Since Antonaccio is consistently critical and properly cautious in her analysis of her accumulative evidence, her eventual sythesis will be sound.
*Ian Begg, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada*

Based on careful examination of archaeological data, this study of ancient practices is motivated by a desire to understand and explain the social values and interests that produced the burial practices. Libraries will want this book, and so will all interested in Greek archaeology.
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