Author: Marianne Govers Hopman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139851853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts - sea, dog and woman - whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasingly treated as a well-defined but also paradoxical construct from the late fourth century BCE onward. Proceeding through detailed analyses of Greek and Roman texts and images, Professor Hopman shows how the same name can variously express anxieties about the sea, dogs, aggressive women and shy maidens, thus offering an empirical response to the semiotic puzzle raised by non-referential proper names.
Scylla
Author: Marianne Govers Hopman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139851853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts - sea, dog and woman - whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasingly treated as a well-defined but also paradoxical construct from the late fourth century BCE onward. Proceeding through detailed analyses of Greek and Roman texts and images, Professor Hopman shows how the same name can variously express anxieties about the sea, dogs, aggressive women and shy maidens, thus offering an empirical response to the semiotic puzzle raised by non-referential proper names.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139851853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts - sea, dog and woman - whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasingly treated as a well-defined but also paradoxical construct from the late fourth century BCE onward. Proceeding through detailed analyses of Greek and Roman texts and images, Professor Hopman shows how the same name can variously express anxieties about the sea, dogs, aggressive women and shy maidens, thus offering an empirical response to the semiotic puzzle raised by non-referential proper names.
Scylla's Sunset
Author: Thourne
Publisher: Thourne
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
It was meant to be a paradise, it was supposed to be a place to escape the dying planet of Earth and thrive in ways that they couldn't. Aria had it all; the best clothes, the best home a reputable family, but what does that amount to when the sun explodes and plunges the world into darkness.
Publisher: Thourne
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
It was meant to be a paradise, it was supposed to be a place to escape the dying planet of Earth and thrive in ways that they couldn't. Aria had it all; the best clothes, the best home a reputable family, but what does that amount to when the sun explodes and plunges the world into darkness.
Scylla the Elusive Squid and the Blue Stone
Author: Michele Annette Lapenna
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039199658
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Clever Jake, his brave and curious little brother Max, and their dad were ready for a fun vacation—they didn’t know that the little Greek town of Katakolon had secrets hidden in its morning fog. On the morning the family arrived, Jake and Max met the mysterious lighthouse keeper who told them the story of a sea monster he believed had lived off the coast of Katakolon. Curious about his story, they thought it would be fun to take their dad out to fish using the lighthouse keeper’s boat which also would give them opportunity to explore his story. But the lighthouse keeper’s story wasn’t just tourist bait. When the Greek coast vanishes behind them, Jake and Max are drawn into a magical mystery that stretches back thousands of years—all the way into the time of myth and fairy tales. With only a mysterious blue stone to guide them, Jake and Max will have to find their way back to safety and escape the grasp of an ancient monster.... Who are the lighthouse keeper and his son, and what happened to them?
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039199658
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Clever Jake, his brave and curious little brother Max, and their dad were ready for a fun vacation—they didn’t know that the little Greek town of Katakolon had secrets hidden in its morning fog. On the morning the family arrived, Jake and Max met the mysterious lighthouse keeper who told them the story of a sea monster he believed had lived off the coast of Katakolon. Curious about his story, they thought it would be fun to take their dad out to fish using the lighthouse keeper’s boat which also would give them opportunity to explore his story. But the lighthouse keeper’s story wasn’t just tourist bait. When the Greek coast vanishes behind them, Jake and Max are drawn into a magical mystery that stretches back thousands of years—all the way into the time of myth and fairy tales. With only a mysterious blue stone to guide them, Jake and Max will have to find their way back to safety and escape the grasp of an ancient monster.... Who are the lighthouse keeper and his son, and what happened to them?
Proposal for a 3.5-megajoule Magnetic Compression Experiment Scylla IV
Author: Edwin L. Kemp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capacitor banks
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capacitor banks
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Scylla Or Charybdis?
Author: Rhoda Broughton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Scylla and Charybdis, or, Lilian Lane
Author: Sophia Matilda Holworthy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Scylla Or Charybdis, Which? Gladstone Or Salisbury
Author: Lord Robert Montagu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Through Scylla and Charybdis
Author: George Tyrrell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Between Scylla and Charybdis
Author: Shlomo Simonsohn
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900419245X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 795
Book Description
The history of the Jews in Sicily covers a period of over a thousand years, from Antiquity to the Expulsion, based on some 40,000 archival records, most of them hitherto unpublished. It illustrates the political, legal, economic, social and religious vicissitudes of the Jewish minority and its relations with the surrounding majority of Romans, Moslems and Christians. While the antecedents of the Jewish presence on the island are shrouded in mystery, more and more historical records surface with the passage of time.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900419245X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 795
Book Description
The history of the Jews in Sicily covers a period of over a thousand years, from Antiquity to the Expulsion, based on some 40,000 archival records, most of them hitherto unpublished. It illustrates the political, legal, economic, social and religious vicissitudes of the Jewish minority and its relations with the surrounding majority of Romans, Moslems and Christians. While the antecedents of the Jewish presence on the island are shrouded in mystery, more and more historical records surface with the passage of time.
Scylla - Immortal War Series
Author: Suzanne Madron
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541366756
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Scylla thought she was normal, with a normal home life, and only the normal oddities of being a teenager to cause her angst. Everything changes during her senior year in high school when she discovers that not everyone lives with demons, gargoyles, angels and vampires, and not everyone has a crazy group of people who are actively hunting them down and trying to kill them. When you're the granddaughter of some big-name gods and the daughter of a well-known, mass-murdering demigod, life can be really weird.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541366756
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Scylla thought she was normal, with a normal home life, and only the normal oddities of being a teenager to cause her angst. Everything changes during her senior year in high school when she discovers that not everyone lives with demons, gargoyles, angels and vampires, and not everyone has a crazy group of people who are actively hunting them down and trying to kill them. When you're the granddaughter of some big-name gods and the daughter of a well-known, mass-murdering demigod, life can be really weird.