Author: William Godwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gods, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Author: Edward Baldwin
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497907652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1814 Edition.

Author: Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1622751590
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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While the ancient Roman pantheon in many ways resembles that of ancient Greece, there is much that sets apart Roman mythology. Romans also borrowed from the religions of ancient Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Middle East, and legendary figures such as Romulus and Remus, tied closely to the history of Rome, feature prominently in ancient stories. The major and lesser figures of Roman mythology are presented in this vibrant volume with sidebars spotlighting related facts and concepts about Roman mythology and religion.

Author: William Godwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Author: Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748642897
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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This collection offers a fresh look at the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been very much neglected in modern scholarship. Bremmer and Erskine bring together a team of international scholars with the aim of remedying this situation and generating new approaches to the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity. The Gods of Ancient Greece looks at individual gods, but also asks to what extent cult, myth and literary genre determine the nature of a divinity and presents a synchronic and diachronic view of the gods as they functioned in Greek culture until the triumph of Christianity.

Author: William Godwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047441656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455

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The polytheistic religious systems of ancient Greece and Rome reveal an imaginative attitude towards the construction of the divine. One of the most important instruments in this process was certainly the visualisation. Images of the gods transformed the divine world into a visually experienceable entity, comprehensible even without a theoretical or theological superstructure. For the illiterates, images were together with oral traditions and rituals the only possibility to approach the idea of the divine; for the intellectuals, images of the gods could be allegorically transcended symbols to reflect upon. Based on the art historical and textual evidence, this volume offers a fresh view on the historical, literary, and artistic significance of divine images as powerful visual media of religious and intellectual communication.

Author: Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1622751531
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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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.

Author: William Sherwood Fox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 678

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Author: Paul Veyne
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226854342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time.