LEADER 04174nam 2200733 450 001 996234836603316 005 20210506031949.0 010 $a0-8122-9196-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812291964 035 $a(CKB)3710000000519618 035 $a(EBL)4321858 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001562721 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16212685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001562721 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13503591 035 $a(PQKB)11374181 035 $a(OCoLC)926092737 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46632 035 $a(DE-B1597)452745 035 $a(OCoLC)979578201 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812291964 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4321858 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11149346 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL842261 035 $a(OCoLC)935259505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4321858 035 $a(PPN)201944995 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000519618 100 $a20160210h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sea in the Greek imagination /$fMarie-Claire Beaulieu 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aBased on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008; originally entitled: Sea as a two-way passage between life and death in Greek mythology. 311 $a0-8122-4765-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList Of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Hygra keleutha: The Paths of the Sea --$tChapter 2. Heroic Coming-of-Age and the Sea --$tChapter 3. The Floating Chest: Maidens, Marriage, and the Sea --$tChapter 4. Dolphin Riders Between Hades and Olympus --$tChapter 5. Leaps of Faith ? Diving into the Sea, Women, and Metamorphosis --$tChapter 6. Dionysus and the Sea --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aThe sea is omnipresent in Greek life. Visible from nearly everywhere, the sea represents the life and livelihood of many who dwell on the islands and coastal areas of the Mediterranean, and it has been so since long ago?the sea loomed large in the Homeric epics and throughout Greek mythology. The Greeks of antiquity turned to the sea for food and for transport; for war, commerce, and scientific advancement; and for religious purification and other rites. Yet, the sea was simultaneously the center of Greek life and its limit. For, while the sea was a giver of much, it also embodied danger and uncertainty. It was in turns barren and fertile, and pictured as both a roadway and a terrifying void. The image of the sea in Greek myth is as conflicting as it is common, with sea crossings taking on seemingly incompatible meanings in different circumstances. In The Sea in the Greek Imagination, Marie-Claire Beaulieu unifies the multifarious representations of the sea and sea crossings in Greek myth and imagery by positing the sea as a cosmological boundary between the mortal world, the underworld, and the realms of the immortal. Through six in-depth case studies, she shows how, more than a simple physical boundary, the sea represented the buffer zone between the imaginary and the real, the transitional space between the worlds of the living, the dead, and the gods. From dolphin riders to Dionysus, maidens to mermen, Beaulieu investigates the role of the sea in Greek myth in a broad-ranging and innovative study. 606 $aOcean$xReligious aspects 606 $aOcean$xMythology 606 $aMythology, Greek 606 $aLiminality 606 $aLife 606 $aDeath 615 0$aOcean$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aOcean$xMythology. 615 0$aMythology, Greek. 615 0$aLiminality. 615 0$aLife. 615 0$aDeath. 676 $a292.2/12 700 $aBeaulieu$b Marie-Claire$f1979-$01020017 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996234836603316 996 $aThe sea in the Greek imagination$92408420 997 $aUNISA