LEADER 02848 am 2200613 n 450 001 9910416490203321 005 20170711 010 $a2-8218-9563-1 024 7 $a10.4000/books.pulg.1613 035 $a(CKB)4100000000883753 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-pulg-1613 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53621 035 $a(PPN)220897948 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000883753 100 $a20171025j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMixanthrôpoi $eAnimal-human hybrid deities in Greek religion /$fEmma Aston 210 $aLiège $cPresses universitaires de Liège$d2017 215 $a1 online resource (383 p.) 311 $a2-9600717-8-6 330 $aMany of the beings in this book ? Cheiron, Pan, Acheloos, the Sirens and others ? will be familiar from the narratives of Greek mythology, in which fabulous anatomies abound. However, they have never previously been studied together from a religious perspective, as recipients of cult and as members of the ancient pantheon. This book is the first major treatment of the use of part-animal ? mixanthropic ? form in the representation and visual imagination of Greek gods and goddesses, and of its significance with regard to divine character and function. What did it mean to depict deities in a form so strongly associated in the ancient imagination with monstrous adversaries? How did iconography, myth and ritual interact in particular sites of worship? Drawing together literary and visual material, this study establishes the themes dominant in the worship of divine mixanthropes, and argues that, so far from being insignificant curiosities, they make possible a greater understanding of the fabric of ancient religious practice, in particular the tense and challenging relationship between divinity and visual representation. 606 $aClassics 606 $aReligion 606 $aancient Greek religion 606 $adivinity 606 $aGreek mythology 606 $areligion 606 $aAntiguity 606 $adivinités grecques antiques 606 $areligion grecque antique 610 $adivinity 610 $aGreek mythology 610 $aancient Greek religion 610 $aAntiguity 610 $areligion 615 4$aClassics 615 4$aReligion 615 4$aancient Greek religion 615 4$adivinity 615 4$aGreek mythology 615 4$areligion 615 4$aAntiguity 615 4$adivinités grecques antiques 615 4$areligion grecque antique 700 $aAston$b Emma$0612630 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910416490203321 996 $aMixanthrôpoi$91141051 997 $aUNINA