Citation

van Hooff AJ. Crisis 1994; 15(4): 179-186.

Affiliation

Nijmegen University, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Publisher Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7729150

Abstract

Attitudes to suicide differ between societies, and also change with time. 104 items of ancient art that show suicide have been examined and catalogued. These icons, the most distinctive of which are discussed here, confirm the view suggested by literary sources that in the Graeco-Roman world self-killing was preferably seen as a deliberate, resolute, and heroic act.

Language: en