When The Gods Were Born
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When the Gods Were Born
Author | : Carolina López-Ruiz |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2010-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674049462 |
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"With admirable erudition, Lopez-Ruiz brings to life intimacies and exchanges between the ancient Greeks and their Northwest Semitic neighbors, portraying the ancient Mediterranean as a fluid, dynamic contact zone. She explains networks of circulation, shows creative uses of traditional material by peoples in motion, and radically transforms our understanding of ancient cosmogonies."---Page duBois, author of Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks --
The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature
Author | : David D. Leitao |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107017283 |
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This book traces the image of the pregnant male as it evolves in classical Greek literature. Originating as a representation of paternity and, by extension, "authorship" of creative works, the image later comes to function also as a means to explore the boundary between the sexes.
Greek Gods Human Lives
Author | : Mary R. Lefkowitz |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0300107692 |
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Insightful and fun, this new guide to an ancient mythology explains why the Greek gods and goddesses are still so captivating to us, revisiting the work of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and Shakespeare in search of the essence of these stories. (Mythology & Folklore)
Greek Gods Goddesses
Author | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
Publsiher | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781622751532 |
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Giving Western literature and art many of its most enduring themes and archetypes, Greek mythology and the gods and goddesses at its core are a fundamental part of the popular imagination. At the heart of Greek mythology are exciting stories of drama, action, and adventure featuring gods and goddesses, who, while physically superior to humans, share many of their weaknesses. Readers will be introduced to the many figures once believed to populate Mount Olympus as well as related concepts and facts about the Greek mythological tradition.
Theogony and Works and Days
Author | : Hesiod |
Publsiher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2008-12-11 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780191593499 |
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Hesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late eighth century BC, is one of the oldest known, and possibly the oldest of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world and an account of the struggles of the Titans. In contrast, Works and Days is a compendium of moral and practical advice on husbandry, and throws unique and fascinating light on archaic Greek society. As well as offering the earliest known sources for the myths of Pandora, Prometheus and the Golden Age, Hesiod's poetry provides a valuable account of the ethics and superstitions of the society in which he lived. Unlike Homer, Hesiod writes about himself and his family, and he stands out as the first personality in European literature. This new translation, by a leading expert on the Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability. It is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods
Author | : Dwayne A. Meisner |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780190663520 |
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"Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods is a literary history that attempts to reconstruct the fragments of four theogonies that were attributed to the legendary singer Orpheus: the Derveni, Eudemian, Hieronyman, and Rhapsodic Theogonies. Most modern scholars have described these poems as if they were similar to Hesiod's Theogony—lengthy chronological accounts of the births of the gods from the beginning of time to the present—but this book suggests that a better model for understanding how these poems were composed is to see each of them as an individual product of bricolage (as explained by Claude Lévi-Strauss), rather than as items in the stemma of a static manuscript tradition (as reconstructed by Martin West). The Orphic tradition was more fluid and fragmented than modern reconstructions would lead one to believe, but in these four Orphic theogonies certain features stand out, such as points of comparison with Near Eastern myths, the continuous discourse between Orphic poetry and philosophy, and speculations on the nature of the gods in ways that generated unique deities and new narratives. A study of Orphic theogonies reveals that the Orphic myths of Phanes and Zeus were no less important than the Orphic myth of Dionysus"--
The Daily Life of the Greek Gods
Author | : Giulia Sissa,Marcel Detienne |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0804736146 |
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Discusses the everyday life of the gods of the Iliad, including what their bodies were made of, how they received nourishment, their social life on Olympus and among humans, and their loves, festivities, and disputes.
Gods Behaving Badly
Author | : Marie Phillips |
Publsiher | : Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2009-02-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780307371270 |
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A highly entertaining novel set in North London, where the Greek gods have been living in obscurity since the seventeenth century. Being immortal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Life’s hard for a Greek god in the twenty-first century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn’t respect you, and you’re stuck in a dilapidated hovel in North London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there’s no way out... until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives and turn the world upside down. Gods Behaving Badly is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original novel that satisfies the head and the heart.