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The Egyptian myths : a guide to the ancient gods and legends /
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"This handy guide to Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the creation and evolution of the world and the reigns of the gods on earth, before introducing us to the manifestations of Egypt's deities in the natural environment; the inventive ways in which the Egyptians dealt with the invisible forces all around them; and their beliefs about life after death."-- Dust jacket.
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OCLC 858843162 :
224 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index. :
9780500251980
0500251983 :
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/staffView?searchId=25698&recPointer=0&recCount=25&searchType=0&bibId=17856644
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Mythische Motive und Mythenbildung in den ägyptischen Tempeln und Papyri der griechisch-römischen Zeit /
: A slightly expanded edition of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Tübingen, Wintersemester 1982/83. : xvii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages [256]-286) and index. : 3447024976 : 0340-6342 ;
Philo of Alexandria and Greek myth : narratives, allegories, and arguments /
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In Philo of Alexandria and Greek Myth: Narratives, Allegories, and Arguments, a fresh and more complete image of Philo of Alexandria as a careful reader, interpreter, and critic of Greek literature is offered. Greek mythology plays a significant role in Philo of Alexandria's exegetical oeuvre. Philo explicitly adopts or subtly evokes narratives, episodes and figures from Greek mythology as symbols whose didactic function we need to unravel, exactly as the hidden teaching of Moses' narration has to be revealed by interpreters of Bible. By analyzing specific mythologems and narrative cycles, the contributions to this volume pave the way to a better understanding of Philo's different attitudes towards literary and philosophical mythology.
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Includes index. :
1 online resource. :
9789004411616
Trophonios de Lébadée : cultes et mythes d'une cité béotienne au miroir de la mentalité antique /
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The oracle of Trophonios at Lebadeia (Boiotia), among the best documented in Greece, was active from the archaic period to the third century AD. At this oracle, divine revelation was given in the form of a 'visionary trance', experienced as a psychic journey or leap of the soul into the world of truth. From the beginning, the cult and legend of Trophonios (and of similar heroes) turned upon the boundary between 'the other world' and the here-and-now, and were intimately linked with psychagogy, divination (including iatromancy), and the mysteries. The analysis of each of the oracle's components in the light of ancient mentalities has broadened our understanding of both Trophonios and of Greek divination in general.
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1 online resource (xxx, 430 pages) : illustrations, map. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-374) and index. :
9789004295988 :
0927-7633 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
K'awiil : el dios Maya del rayo, la abundancia y los gobernantes /
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This study of K'awiil analyses one of the most important deities of the Maya pantheon, and allows us to approach the religious thought of this people, since it is through the myths, rituals and other religious and cultural activities in which a deity participates, that we can try to understand how the Maya conceived their universe.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource. :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272382 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Die Erzählung von Meleagros zur literarischen Entwicklung der kalydonischen Kultlegende /
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The myth of the Calydonian boar-hunt belongs to the great mythical cycles of the ancient world. P. Grossardt now offers the first complete presentation of all literary sources of the Calydonian hunt, as well as of other adventures of its central hero Meleagros. The sources have been arranged by genre and their literary context has been taken well into account. The author gives special attention to the development of different versions of the legend. Individual poets, Grossardt observes, used the myth of the Calydonian boar-hunt as a functional element in a larger context or in conscious contrast to older texts. In reconstructing the prehistory of the legend and its religious background, the author shows that the Calydonian boar-hunt myth originally had the function of an aition for the cult of Artemis Laphria and that it was taken up by the epic tradition long before Homer.
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1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-320) and index. :
9789004351059 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Euripides' Kresphontes and Archelaos : introduction, text, and commentary /
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This book contains an introduction to the text of and a commentary on the fragments of two plays by Euripides, the Kresphontes (ca. 424 B.C.) and the Archelaos (ca. 408/7 B.C.) Fragments of both plays are preserved in quotations by other writers and in recently published papyri. The introduction discusses aspects of the background and of the contents of the plays, such as, for example, their first performances, the relation of the Kresphontes with the plays about Orestes, and Euripides' motives in writing the Archelaos (politics or flattery?). The commentary to each play deals with the interpretation of the fragments and testimonia , with textual problems and with typical elements of Euripides' style. This is the first full-scale treatment of both plays and offers, thanks to modern papyrus finds, some new evidence on their composition and context. The text of the papyrus fragments is based on personal inspection of the papyri concerned, which has resulted in a number of new readings.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Groningen).
Includes indexes. :
1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-297). :
9789004328228 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.