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Mythology, Greek, in literature.

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"The mythological hero Orpheus occupied a central role in ancient Greek culture, but 'the son of Oeagrus' and a 'Thracian musician' venerated by the Greeks has also become a prominent figure in a long tradition of classical reception of Greek myth. This book challenges our entrenched idea of Orpheus and demonstrates that in the Classical and Hellenistic periods' depictions of his identity and image were not as unequivocal as we tend to believe today. Concentrating on Orpheus' ethnicity and geographical references in ancient sources, Tomasz Mojsik traces the development of, and changes in, the mythological image of the hero in antiquity and sheds new light on contemporary constructions of cultural identity by locating the various versions of the mythical story within their socio-political contexts. Examination of the early literary sources prompts a reconsideration of the tradition which locates the tomb of the hero in Macedonian Pieria, and the volume argues for the emergence of this tradition as a reaction to the allegation of the barbarity and civilizational backwardness of the Macedonians throughout the wider Greek world. These assertions have important implications for Archelaus' Hellenizing policy and his commonly acknowledged sponsorship of the arts, which included his incorporating of the Muses into the cult of Zeus at the Olympia in Dium"--

Cults --- Mythology, Greek

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This is the first study which brings together the references to ancient Greek myths (154 episodes) in medieval Armenian literature. The main source for such stories are translations, but direct citations from Greek in original Armenian works also exist. Greek myths were, to some extent, familiar to medieval Armenian authors, mainly through translations of late classical and early Christian writings; they also appear in original works, but this knowledge was never profound or accurate. Both translators and Armenian authors, as well as later scribes, while translating, renarrating and copying short mythical stories, or mentioning or just alluding to them often related the stories and the familiar or unfamiliar names occurring in them correctly, but sometimes they made mistakes, chiefly corrupting names not well-known to them, and sometimes, even details of the plot. This is the first study which brings together the references to ancient Greek myths (154 episodes) in medieval Armenian literature by including the original Armenian and Greek (if extant) text and translation. With appendices listing the occurrences of Greek gods, their Armenian equivalents, images, altars, temples, and rites, the Aesopian fables and the Trojan war.

Armenian literature --- Armenian literature. --- Mythology, Greek --- Mythology, Greek. --- To 1800. --- Translations into English --- Translations into Greek --- Literary collections --- Greek mythology

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Pindar's victory songs teem with divinity. By exploring them within the lived religious landscapes of the fifth century BCE, Hanne Eisenfeld demonstrates that they are in fact engaged in theological work. Focusing on a set of mythical figures whose identities blur the boundaries between mortality and immortality (Herakles, the Dioskouroi, Amphiaraos, and Asklepios), she newly interprets the value of immortality in the epinician corpus. Pindar's depiction of these figures responds to and shapes contemporary religious experience and revalues mortality as a prerequisite for the glory found in victory. The book combines close reading and philological analysis with religious historical approaches to Pindar's songs and his world. It highlights the inextricability of Greek literature and Greek religion, and models a novel approach to Greek lyric poetry at the intersection of these fields.

Greek poetry --- Mythology, Greek, in literature. --- Heroes in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Pindar --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Gods in literature.

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Une réécriture contemporaine de l'une des histoires les plus connues de la mythologie grecque : l'histoire d'amour surprenante entre Perséphone et Hadès ! Perséphone, jeune déesse du printemps, est nouvelle au Mont Olympe. Sa mère, Déméter, l'a élevée exprès dans le royaume des mortels, pour la protéger des tentations. Mais après que Perséphone lui a promis de s'entraîner comme vierge sacrée, elle est autorisée à aller à l'université et à vivre dans le monde glamour et trépidant des dieux. Lorsque sa colocataire, Artémis, l'emmène à une fête, sa vie entière change : elle y rencontre Hadès et l'étincelle est immédiate avec le souverain charmant mais incompris des Enfers. Tout s'accélère alors, Perséphone doit maintenant naviguer entre les jeux stratégiques et les relations déroutantes qui régissent l'Olympe, tout en trouvant sa place et en affirmant son pouvoir. L'interprétation ingénieuse de ce conte intemporel est destinée à devenir un classique moderne ! Le chapitre bonus inédit jamais lu en ligne fera de cette édition un livre collector à se procurer absolument !

Persephone - (Greek deity) - Comic books, strips, etc. --- Hades - (Greek deity) - Comic books, strips, etc. --- Goddesses - Comic books, strips, etc. --- Gods - Comic books, strips, etc. --- Mythology, Greek - Comic books, strips, etc. --- Man-woman relationships - Comic books, strips, etc.