A moment's ornament : the poetics of nympholepsy in ancient Greece / / Corinne Ondine Pache
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| Autore: |
Pache Corinne Ondine <1963->
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| Titolo: |
A moment's ornament : the poetics of nympholepsy in ancient Greece / / Corinne Ondine Pache
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 292.2/114 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nymphs (Greek deities) |
| Nymphs (Greek deities) in literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1. Nympholeptic Goddesses at the End of the Theogony; 2. Nympholepts in Ancient Greece; 3. Goddesses in Love and Nympholeptic Heroes; 4. Odysseus Nympholeptos; 5. Kephalos in the City; 6. Hellenistic Nympholeptoi; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; A; B; C; D; E; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Z |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book offers the first comprehensive study of the phenomenon of nympholepsy--the experience of being ""seized"" by a nymph--in ancient Greek cult and poetry. Using literary and archaeological sources, this study provides a new interpretation of the bond between mortals and immortals, and between cult and poetry. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A moment's ornament |
| ISBN: | 0-19-971318-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996213128703316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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