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MYTHS ON ROMAN SARCOPHAGI - (P.) Zanker, (B.C.) Ewald Living with Myths. The Imagery of Roman Sarcophagi. Translated by Julia Slater . Pp. xii + 428, b/w & colour ills. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012 (originally published as Mit Mythen leben. Die Bilderwelt der römischen Sarkophage, 2004). Cased, £150, US$299. ISBN: 978-0-19-922869-0.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2014

Esen Öğüş
Esen Öğüş*
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Texas Tech University
*
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The Classical Review , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , October 2014 , pp. 588 - 590
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