Being Alone in Antiquity

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Being Alone in Antiquity is written by Rafał Matuszewski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110758113 (ISBN 10) and 9783110758115 (ISBN 13).

This volume aims to provide an interdisciplinary examination of various facets of being alone in Greco-Roman antiquity. Its focus is on solitude, social isolation and misanthropy, and the differing perceptions and experiences of and varying meanings and connotations attributed to them in the ancient world. Individual chapters examine a range of ancient contexts in which problems of solitude, loneliness, isolation and seclusion arose and were discussed, and in doing so shed light on some of humankind’s fundamental needs, fears and values.