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Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture

Autor Georgia Petridou
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 ian 2016
In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the socio-political elite in both perpetuating pre-existing power-structures and constructing new ones. This volume is the first comprehensive survey of the history of divine epiphany as presented in the literary and epigraphic narratives of the Greek-speaking world. It demonstrates that divine epiphanies not only reveal what the Greeks thought about their gods; they tell us just as much about the preoccupations, the preconceptions, and the assumptions of ancient Greek religion and culture. In doing so, it explores the deities who were prone to epiphany and the contexts in which they manifested themselves, as well as the functions (narratives and situational) they served, addressing the cultural specificity of divine morphology and mortal-immortal interaction. Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture re-establishes epiphany as a crucial mode in Greek religious thought and practice, underlines its centrality in Greek cultural production, and foregrounds its impact on both the political and the societal organization of the ancient Greeks.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198723929
ISBN-10: 019872392X
Pagini: 428
Ilustrații: 18 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 166 x 240 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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Petridou manages to present a varied body of work in an accessible and coherent way and greatly adds to scholarship, not just on epiphany but also on Greek religion in general.
... one must admire the scope and thoroughness of this study, which make it essential reading for all scholars of Greek religion.
... rich and valuable contribution to the study of epiphanies, one that every scholar interested in the subject will want to consult.

Notă biografică

Georgia Petridou is Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History at the University of Liverpool.