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Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 09:57:11 -0500
From: Dan Tompkins <pericles@temple.edu>
Subject: Re: tears/weeping
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Dodds has a bit on the "lability" of Greek heroes in Greeks and the
Irrational.  I don't recall whether he gives refs.

Best,

Dan

Ulrich Schmitzer wrote:

> Dear list,
> is there a (recent) study on tears/weeping in antiquity, esp. in
> Rome? I vaguely remember to have seen something like this, but I
> can't remember the bibliographical details.
>
> Thank you in advance
> U.S.
> PD Dr. Ulrich Schmitzer
> Institut fuer Alte Sprachen - Latein
> Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
> http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2latein/home.html

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