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Pollution and religion in ancient Rome / Jack J. Lennon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781107416864
  • 1107416868
  • 9781139795432
  • 1139795430
  • 9781107420694
  • 1107420695
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pollution and religion in ancient RomeDDC classification:
  • 292.1/77 23
LOC classification:
  • BL805 .L35 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Defining pollution -- Lexical categories -- Pure and the polluted in Roman religion -- Birth, sex, and bodily margins -- Blood -- Death and remembrance -- Pollution and rhetoric -- Conclusion.
Summary: A detailed study of pollution and impurity in Roman religion, offering new theories on a previously neglected, yet vital, subject.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)622097

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining pollution -- Lexical categories -- Pure and the polluted in Roman religion -- Birth, sex, and bodily margins -- Blood -- Death and remembrance -- Pollution and rhetoric -- Conclusion.

Print version record.

A detailed study of pollution and impurity in Roman religion, offering new theories on a previously neglected, yet vital, subject.