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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970007303321

Autore

Larson Jennifer <1965->

Titolo

Greek nymphs : myth, cult, lore / / Jennifer Larson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-028690-3

0-19-770465-4

0-19-802868-7

1-280-53165-7

1-60256-450-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

292.2/114

292.21140938

Soggetti

Nymphs (Greek deities)

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 1 WHAT IS A NYMPH?; 2 ANCIENT AND MODERN NARRATIVES; 3 GODS, GODDESSES, AND NYMPHS; 4 LORE OF THE NYMPHS IN THE GREEK WORLD; 5 CAVES OF THE NYMPHS AND VOTIVE ICONOGRAPHY; AFTERWORD; ABBREVIATIONS AND EDITIONS OF PRIMARY SOURCES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NYMPHS; GENERAL INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This well illustrated book examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer through the Hellenistic period.