Icons of ancient suicide: self-killing in classical art.
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.
van Hooff
A J
AJ
Nijmegen University, The Netherlands.
D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings; D012384:Rome; D013405:Suicide / Q000266:history*