Eros and Ritual in Ancient Literature : : Singing of Atalanta, Daphnis, and Orpheus /

Eros and Ritual in Ancient Literature : : Singing of Atalanta, Daphnis, and Orpheus / / Evangelia Anagnostou-Laoutides.

This book examines popular erotic myths with regard to their origins and literary treatment throughout antiquity. The relation of ritual to certain mythic patterns that reflect initiation rites is also considered. These myths reinforce the association between cult and mythology in literature. Initia...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Anagnostou-Laoutides, Evangelia,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Studies in Classical and Late Antiquity
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Physical Description:1 online resource (610 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE. THE MYTH OF ATALANTA IN ANTIQUITY
  • CHAPTER TWO. THEOCRITUS 1.1: THE MYTH OF DAPHNIS
  • CHAPTER THREE. THE PASTORALS OF VERGIL―ECLOGUES AND THE GEORGICS
  • CHAPTER FOUR. POETRY AND VERGIL
  • CHAPTER FIVE. ARISTAEUS AND ORPHEUS IN GEORGICS FOUR
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX I
  • APPENDIX II
  • APPENDIX III
  • APPENDIX IV
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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