كتاب
The gods of Olympus: a history
| العنوان: | The gods of Olympus: a history |
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| المؤلفون: | Graziosi, Barbara. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| وصف مادي: | x, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Gods, Greek., Goddesses, Greek., Civilization -- Greek influences., SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology., HISTORY / Ancient / Greece., Götter., Kult., Mythology, Greek. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Griechenland. |
| الوصف: | "The gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just plain silly. Yet for all their foibles and flaws, they proved to be tough survivors, far outlasting classical Greece itself. In Egypt, the Olympian gods claimed to have given birth to pharaohs; in Rome, they led respectable citizens into orgiastic rituals of drink and sex. Under Christianity and Islam they survived as demons, allegories, and planets; and in the Renaissance, they triumphantly emerged as ambassadors of a new, secular belief in humanity. Their geographic range, too, has been little short of astounding: in their exile, the gods of Olympus have traveled east to the walls of cave temples in China, and west to colonize the Americas. They snuck into Italian cathedrals, haunted Nietzsche, and visited Borges in his restless dreams. In a lively, original history, Barbara Graziosi offers the first account to trace the wanderings of these protean deities through the millennia. Drawing on a wide range of literary and archaeological sources, The Gods of Olympus opens a new window on the ancient world and its lasting influence"-- |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Part I. Birth: Archaic Greece -- Part II. Dialogue: Classical Athens -- Part III. Travel: Hellenistic Egypt -- Part IV. Translation: the Roman Empire -- Part V. Disguise: Christianity and Islam -- Part VI. Born again: the Renaissance. |
| Original Identifier: | (PromptCat)99959938680 ocn866251254 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-8050-9157-1 0-8050-9157-2 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-278) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.014171048.9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780805091571 0805091572 |
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