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201215566Latomus. 2012. Softcover. Fine. Among the stories surrounding the legendary foundation of the city of Rome by the twins Romulus and Remus previous scholarly attention has focused primarily on one scene – the depiction of the she-wolf nursing the twins following their miraculous salvation from the floodwaters of the Tiber. This book examines another event in the cycle the conception of the twins in which the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia is visited in her sleep and raped by the god Mars. Some fifty-one examples of the encounter of Mars and Rhea Silvia are analyzed drawn from coins relief sculpture gems wall painting mosaics and pottery covering a time frame from the motif’s origin in the early 1st century B. C. To its disappearance in the late 4th century A. D. An analysis of the scene's iconographical evolution and its documented periods of popularity both in the public and private sphere are associated with contemporary trends in Roman literature religion and art. This monograph on the representation of Mars and Rhea Silvia is not simply a self-contained study of a single motif over a specific time frame. Within the realm of Roman art the book discusses larger issues concerning the relationship between art myth and religion and political propaganda drawing from methodologies of appropriation Kopienkritik word and image semiotics and memory culture. As such the book constitutes a case study whose conclusions may serve as guidelines for the study of Roman art in general.; Collection Latomus Volume 336; 241 pages . 2870312776 . Latomus paperback
200439082University Press of America. 2004. Softcover. Near Fine. 388 pages; In dramatic representations and narrative reports of inner deliberation the Odyssey displays the workings of the human mind and its hero's practical intelligence epitomized by anticipating consequences and controlling his actions accordingly. Once his hope of returning home as husband father and king is renewed on Calypso's isle Odysseus shows a consistent will to focus on this purpose and subordinate other impulses to it. His fabled cleverness is now fully engaged in a gradually emerging plan as he thinks back from that final goal through a network of means to achieve it. He relies on "signs"—inferences in the form "if this then that" as defined by the Stoic Chrysippus—and the nature of his intelligence is thematically underscored through contrast with others' recklessness that is failure to heed signs or reckon consequences. In Homeric deliberation the mind is torn between competing options or intentions not between "reason" and "desire." The lack of distinct opposing faculties and hierarchical organization in the Homeric mind far from archaic simplicity prefigures the psychology of Chrysippus who cites deliberation scenes from the Odyssey against Plato's hierarchical tri-partite model. From the Stoics there follows a psychological tradition leading through Hobbes and Leibniz to Peirce and Dewey. These thinkers are drawn upon to show the significance of the conception of "thinking" first articulated in the Odyssey. Homer's work inaugurates an approach that has provoked philosophical conflict persisting into the present and opposition to pragmatism and Pragmatism can be discerned in prominent critiques of Homer and his hero which are analyzed and countered in this study. . 076183026X . University Press of America paperback
20096721Franz Steiner Verlag. 2009. Softcover. Fine. 183 pages; The constructive and critical-reflexive potential of myth in its varied literary and everyday contexts is the focus of this volume. Taking a wide-ranging interdisciplinary approach the contributions study universal concepts and life models in pre-modern myths from a variety of angles. They focus on humans heroes and gods as the protagonists of myths mythopoietics and the constant actualization instrumentalization transformation and presentation of mythical themes in vase painting architecture and literature. German text. . 3515092943 . Franz Steiner Verlag paperback
198737250Croom Helm. 1987. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Light Bmp to head of spine. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Else Minor shelfwear. DJ has minor shelfwear.; Interpretations of Greek Mythology first published in1987 builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus Orpheus Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.; 294 pages; The volume's fundamental concern is with how the Greeks conceptualized the experience of poetry and debated the values of that experience. The book's organizing theme is a recurrent Greek dialectic between ideas of poetry as on the one hand a powerfully enthralling experience in its own right a kind of 'ecstasy' and on the other a medium for the expression of truths which can exercise lasting influence on its audiences' views of the world. Citing a wide range of modern scholarship and making frequent connections with later periods of literary theory and aesthetics Halliwell questions many orthodoxies and received opinions about the texts analysed. The resulting perspective casts new light on ways in which the Greeks attempted to make sense of the psychology of poetic experience - including the roles of emotion ethics imagination and knowledge - in the life of their culture . 0709932707 . Croom Helm hardcover
198737317Croom Helm. 1987. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Minor sheflwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward. DJ has some dampstaining; Interpretations of Greek Mythology first published in1987 builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus Orpheus Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.; 294 pages; The volume's fundamental concern is with how the Greeks conceptualized the experience of poetry and debated the values of that experience. The book's organizing theme is a recurrent Greek dialectic between ideas of poetry as on the one hand a powerfully enthralling experience in its own right a kind of 'ecstasy' and on the other a medium for the expression of truths which can exercise lasting influence on its audiences' views of the world. Citing a wide range of modern scholarship and making frequent connections with later periods of literary theory and aesthetics Halliwell questions many orthodoxies and received opinions about the texts analysed. The resulting perspective casts new light on ways in which the Greeks attempted to make sense of the psychology of poetic experience - including the roles of emotion ethics imagination and knowledge - in the life of their culture . 0709932707 . Croom Helm hardcover
198733530Croom Helm. 1987. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Bmp to upper edge of rear board. Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils. Else Minor shelfwear. DJ has minor shelfwear.; Interpretations of Greek Mythology first published in1987 builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus Orpheus Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.; 294 pages; The volume's fundamental concern is with how the Greeks conceptualized the experience of poetry and debated the values of that experience. The book's organizing theme is a recurrent Greek dialectic between ideas of poetry as on the one hand a powerfully enthralling experience in its own right a kind of 'ecstasy' and on the other a medium for the expression of truths which can exercise lasting influence on its audiences' views of the world. Citing a wide range of modern scholarship and making frequent connections with later periods of literary theory and aesthetics Halliwell questions many orthodoxies and received opinions about the texts analysed. The resulting perspective casts new light on ways in which the Greeks attempted to make sense of the psychology of poetic experience - including the roles of emotion ethics imagination and knowledge - in the life of their culture . 0709932707 . Croom Helm hardcover
198633619Aristide D. Caratzas. 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Book is near fine. DJ spine a bit sunned. DJ has minor creasing.; 8.5 X 5.6 X 0.6 inches; 103 pages . 0892413751 . Aristide D. Caratzas hardcover
196337929Berlin: Weidman / Apud Weidmannos. 1963. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Minor bump to 1 corner. Slight sunning to spine.; Parallel text in Greek and Latin; prolegomena and epimetra in Latin.; 254 pages . Weidman / Apud Weidmannos hardcover
196842670Adolf M. Hakkert. 1968. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Tears along top of spine cloth joints 4cm . Underlining and notes in pencil to a couple of pages.; Purpose of this study is to inquire into the exact relation between the cult of Dionysus and the tragedies which were performed as part of this cult.; 358 pages . Adolf M. Hakkert hardcover
197715633Latomus. 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. Pages unopened. Very Minor shelfwear. Else fine.; Collection Latomus Volume 151; 106 pages . 2870310013 . Latomus paperback
19862625Princeton University Press. 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Dustjacket and book have minor shelfwear. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; Signed on ffep by author: "For Al with all best wishes Charlie". Traces the underlying mythical patterns implicit poetics and processes of mythopoesis that animate Pindar's longest and most elaborate victory ode. Particularly concerned with the way in which he incorporates patriarchal and aristocratic ideology myths of creations and first beginnings the voyage to the limits of the world and the myth of the hero.; 1 x 9.25 x 6 Inches; 223 pages; Signed by Author . 0691054738 . Princeton University Press hardcover
196716427Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag. 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Small bump to lower front corners. Minor shelfwear.; 166 pages . Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag hardcover
19678808Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag. 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Small bump to bottom corners. Spine slightly discolored. Small slightly discolored splotch to front board 3cm.; 166 pages . Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag hardcover
196711291Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag. 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Mild creasing to bottom corners. Some rubbing to wraps. Minor shelfwear.; 166 pages . Carl Winter - Universitätsverlag hardcover
1333014392.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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120134FRPeloponnesiako Laographiko Hidryma 1983. Brand new. Edition bilingue francais et grecque. Broche 123 p. 8 photos en noir et blanc notes bibliographie index. Accompagne de deux cassettes et dune transcription des examples musicaux donnes par ces cassettes. Peloponnesiako Laographiko Hidryma 1983 unknown
19079022London: Cassell and Company Ltd 1907. First edition. 8vo x 3 312pp. Frontis and 7 plates. Presentation copy from the author signed to the former owner on date of publication on half title verso. Publisher's green cloth with black line illustration and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine darkened corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers toned pencil numbering of the fallacies about halfway through. Newspaper clipping tipped in at rear. A very good copy. <br /> <br /> A very curious and scarce book basically a compendium of debunked folk beliefs; or an early version of Myth Busters. Covered are Domestic Fallacies Fallacies Connected with Ourselves Animal Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms Musical Instruments Weather and more. The author deals with palmistry spiritualism and other occult practices. Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann 1867-1951 was a mechanical and civil engineer who served as consultant to the Controller of National Aircraft Factories and secretary of the Society of Engineers in England. Cassell and Company Ltd unknown
202429332<p>London:: Unbound 2024. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A Feast of Folklore explores the history and superstitions behind British food from why we throw salt over our shoulders to the origins of cheese-rolling. The book delves into eccentric tales dark remedies and lesser-known folklore connected to everyday foods revealing the quirky history behind British eating habits.</p> Unbound, hardcover
