Monsters and monarchs: serial killers in classical myth and history
| 1. Verfasser: |
Felton, Debbie
, [VerfasserIn]
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Austin :
University of Texas Press :
2021.
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| Umfang/Format: |
226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4773-2357-1 |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction. Serial killers in the ancient world
- Identifying serial killers then and now
- Methods to the madness
- What motivates serial killers across the ages
- Murderous Greek roof-tiles and other legal problems
- Murder and the advantages of roman citizenship
- The popularity of serial poisoning
- Heracles and the headhunters
- Theseus and the highway killers
- How boxing moved from serial murder to Olympic sport
- Serial murders in local legends
- Serial slaying of suitors and spouses
- Witches and other child-murderers
- Serial murder then and now, there and here
