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Download or read book Greek Nymphs written by Jennifer Larson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Nymphs: Myths, Cult, Lore is the first comprehensive study of the nymph in the ancient Greek world. This well-illustrated book examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer through the Hellenistic period. Drawing upon a broad range of literary and archaeological evidence, Jennifer Larson discusses sexually powerful nymphs in ancient and modern Greek folklore, the use of dolls representing nymphs in the socialization of girls, the phenomenon of nympholepsy, the nymphs' relations with other deities in the Greek pantheon, and the nymphs' role in mythic narratives of city-founding and colonization. The book includes a survey of the evidence for myths and cults of the nymphs arranged by geographical region, and a special section of the worship of nymphs in caves throughout the Greek world.
Book Synopsis The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus by : Robert S. Wagman
Download or read book The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus written by Robert S. Wagman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus is the first book-length study of one of Greece’s most cited nymph sanctuaries. The volume includes a revised catalog, extensive new commentaries on the cave’s famous inscriptions, and a first-time investigation of the site’s topographical and archaeological layout.
Book Synopsis The Nymphs as Water-deities Among the Greeks and Roman by : Floyd G. Ballentine
Download or read book The Nymphs as Water-deities Among the Greeks and Roman written by Floyd G. Ballentine and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology by : Theresa Bane
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.
Book Synopsis A Moment's Ornament by : Corinne Ondine Pache
Download or read book A Moment's Ornament written by Corinne Ondine Pache and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hesiod's first person account of his encounters with the Muses on Mount Helikon to Theokritos' nymphs, love between goddesses and mortal men provides the ancient Greeks with a way of articulating both the genealogical and cultic connection to their gods and to their past. A Moment's Ornament examines the theme of nympholepsy--the experience of being "seized" by a nymph or a goddess--in ancient Greek cult and poetry from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. In poetry, this topos, which is ubiquitous in many of the most well-known ancient Greek sources, focuses on the figure of the goddess, or nymph, who falls in love with a mortal man and subsequently bears a mortal child. The theme also finds its way in ritual as stories of encounters between divinities and mortal men give rise to sanctuaries centering on nymphs and nympholepts. Beyond the individual dimension of the nympholeptic experience, these narratives are also integrated within the community through both poetry and shrines. Nympholeptic narratives thus articulate key elements of the bond between mortals and immortals and the connection between myth and ritual in ancient Greece. Both the cave sanctuaries founded by ancient nympholepts and the poets' narratives of love between goddesses and their mortal lovers function as "a moment's ornament" by preserving the memory of an encounter with the otherworldly at the intersection between myth and cult.
Download or read book Storytelling written by Josepha Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
Book Synopsis A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography by : William Smith
Download or read book A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography, Based on the Larger Dictonaries by : Sir William Smith
Download or read book A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography, Based on the Larger Dictonaries written by Sir William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ancient Greek Cults by : Jennifer Larson
Download or read book Ancient Greek Cults written by Jennifer Larson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed. Detailed enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, and providing a readable account focusing on the oldest, most widespread, and most interesting religious practices of the ancient Greek world in the Archaic and Classical periods, Ancient Greek Cults surveys ancient Greek religion through the cults of its gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines. Jennifer Larson conveniently summarizes a vast amount of material in many languages, normally inaccessible to undergrad students, and explores, in detail, the variety of cults celebrated by the Greeks, how these cults differed geographically, and how each deity was conceptualized in local cult titles and rituals. Including an introductory chapter on sources and methods, and suggestions for further reading this book will allow readers to gain a fresh perspective on Greek religion.
Download or read book Greek Mythology written by Xena Ronin and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we explore the ancient deities from Greece (also copied and somewhat altered by the Romans), we can find many fascinating stories and dramatic characteristics in them. Aside from looking at gods like Mercury and Hades, we will also look at stories that involve Eros (or Cupid), Psyche (the origin of a lot of our words in the dictionary), and the infamous and seductive nymphs and satyrs. At the end of the book, more background information will be given about how the Greek and Romans worshipped these statues and made-up gods and goddesses, as well as how they celebrated certain events and traditions.If any of this sounds intriguing to you, I invite you to pick up this book and learn more.
Book Synopsis Aphrodite's Tears by : Hannah Fielding
Download or read book Aphrodite's Tears written by Hannah Fielding and published by London Wall Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Greece, one of the twelve labours of Heracles was to bring back a golden apple from the Garden of Hesperides. To archaeologist Oriel Anderson, joining a team of Greek divers on the island of Helios seems like the golden apple of her dreams. Yet the dream becomes a nightmare when she meets the devilish owner of the island, Damian Lekkas. In shocked recognition, she is flooded with the memory of a romantic night in a stranger's arms, six summers ago. A very different man stands before her now, and Oriel senses that the sardonic Greek autocrat is hell-bent on playing a cat and mouse game with her. As they cross swords and passions mount, Oriel is aware that malevolent eyes watch her from the shadows. Dark rumours are whispered about the Lekkas family. What dangers lie in Helios, a bewitching land where ancient rituals are still enacted to appease the gods, young men risk their lives in the treacherous depths of the Ionian Sea, and the volatile earth can erupt at any moment? Will Oriel find the hidden treasures she seeks? Or will Damian's tragic past catch up with them, threatening to engulf them both?
Book Synopsis Gods and the Dust by : Joshua Rivoli
Download or read book Gods and the Dust written by Joshua Rivoli and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek mythology is stranger than you might think. Gods and the Dust collects numerous stories from the ancient source material and strings them together into one fluid plot, fleshing out the sparse details into a dramatic fantasy novel. At the dawn of time, the Earth and Sky mated to populate the world. Their most powerful children are the gods and goddesses - living personifications of all things great and small, physical and conceptual. These powerful deities engage in an interconnected string of relationships and misadventures involving mortals and immortals, dispensing wrath and favor in equal measure, resulting in murders, love affairs, offspring, and wars.
Book Synopsis The Mythology of Greece and Rome by : Arthur Fairbanks
Download or read book The Mythology of Greece and Rome written by Arthur Fairbanks and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography by : William Smith
Download or read book A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of Difficult Words by : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Download or read book Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of Difficult Words written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In Search of God the Mother by : Lynn E. Roller
Download or read book In Search of God the Mother written by Lynn E. Roller and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-07-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first thorough account of the nature and the spread of the cult of Cybele, the Great Mother, and the first to present her worship soberly as a religion rather than sensationally as an orgiastic celebration of self-castrated priest-attendants.
Book Synopsis The Origins of Greek Religion by : Bernard C. Dietrich
Download or read book The Origins of Greek Religion written by Bernard C. Dietrich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nilsson's seminal work on Minoan-Myceanaean religion had its second edition in 1950 prior to the decipherment of Linear B; yet he found much in the archaeological record of the Bronze Age which he associated with later Greek religion. In that respect his insights were vindicated by the reading of those tablets which bore the names of classical Greek divinities, though at tme time new conclusions were needed about Indo-European arrival in Greek lands. Dietrich, with Nilsson very much in mind, starts from the premises that beliefs and their associated rites are inherently conservative; that, even where populations change, they tend to do so gradually, creating fusions rather than wholesale disruptions in ritual practice. An understanding of classical Greek religion thus, necessarily, depends on appreciation of its forerunners in the Bronze Age; and they, in turn, on evidence from the better documented religions of the Middle East. Dietrich's four main chapters deal first with those eastern links; then with the old traditions of Minoan Crete; next with the interplay of pre-Greek Minoan and Greek Mycenaean cultures; and finally he attempts to bridge the commonly assumed divide between bronze age and archaic Greece. Appendixes deal with Minoan peak-sanctuaries, with Apollo at Delphi, and (sympathetically) with Nilsson's pervasive view that Greek mythology was first formulated in the Mycenaean age. In these areas a great deal more work has been done since 1974. Dietrich's thoroughly researched work was at once trend-setting and provocative. It is here made available for the first time in paperback; for it still contains much of importance for the student of Greek religion.
