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Eight - Coda

Myth Revived: Temporality and the Afterlife

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2023

Mont Allen
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
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One of the most striking things about myth on Roman sarcophagi is that, after exiting the stage during the second half of the third century, it returns with a vengeance in the fourth – this time in Christian guise. How are we to conceive of the relation between the polytheistic myths that had long adorned Roman coffins and the Christian myths that succeeded them? What was their altered view of temporality, allegory, and the afterlife? And what is the relevance of sculptural technique and tooling to understanding this relationship? Such is the subject of this book’s closing chapter.

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The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi
Allegory and Visual Narrative in the Late Empire
, pp. 215 - 242
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Coda
  • Mont Allen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
  • Book: The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi
  • Online publication: 13 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039031.009
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  • Coda
  • Mont Allen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
  • Book: The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi
  • Online publication: 13 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039031.009
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  • Coda
  • Mont Allen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
  • Book: The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi
  • Online publication: 13 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039031.009
Available formats
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