| Description |
vi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199). |
| Contents |
Nympholeptic goddesses at the end of the theogony -- Nympholepts in ancient Greece -- Goddesses in love and nympholeptic heroes -- Odysseus nympholeptos -- Kephalos in the city -- Hellenistic nympholeptoi. |
| Summary |
From Hesiod's first person account of his encounters with the Muses on Mount Helikon to Theokritos' nymphs, love between goddesses and mortal men provides the ancient Greeks with a way of articulating both the genealogical and cultic connection to their gods and to their past. A Moment's Ornament examines the theme of nympholepsy--the experience of being "seized" by a nymph or a goddess--in ancient Greek cult and poetry from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. In poetry, this topos, which is ubiquitous in many of the most well-known ancient Greek sources, focuses on the figure of the goddess, or nymph, who falls in love with a mortal man and subsequently bears a mortal child. The theme also finds its way in ritual as stories of encounters between divinities. |
| Subject |
Nymphes (divinités grecques) |
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Nymphes (divinités grecques) -- Dans la littérature. |
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Nymphs (Greek deities)
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Nymphs (Greek deities) in literature.
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Nymphs (Greek deities) in literature. (OCoLC)fst01042456 |
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Nymphs (Greek deities) (OCoLC)fst01042454 |
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Griechisch (DE-588)4113791-7 |
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Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 |
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Nymphe (DE-588)4232375-7 |
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Griechenland Altertum (DE-588)4093976-5 |
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Nymphe. |
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Göttin. |
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Magie. |
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Literatur. |
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Lyrik. |
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Griechenland (Altertum) |
| ISBN |
9780195339369 |
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0195339363 |
| Standard No. |
40018755844 |
| OCLC No. |
494283849 |
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