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Aphrodite and Eros - the portrayal of these two gods and the depiction of their active intervention have a significant impact on the plots of numerous classical tragedies. Focussing upon a selection of dramas from Aeschylus to Seneca, the author demonstrates how the images of these two multifaceted gods have been transmitted and altered, at the same time that certain features have been preserved. The tension between a powerful Aphrodite, working on a cosmic scale, and a goddess whose influence is restricted to matters of personal love relationships - as it emerges from a survey of relevant passages in early epic texts - is palpable in tragedy as an oscillation between a goddess presented as a mighty authority, whose existence is never really questioned, and a conventional name devoid of substance, which is invoked only as an excuse. The emphasis on the destructive side of the twofold love gods is shown to be characteristic of tragedy. This is demonstrated particularly with regard to the motif of divine anger, which serves also as starting point for the concluding reflections on Theocritus, Ovid and Nonnus. Aphrodite und Eros - das Wesen und Wirken dieses Göttergespanns ist richtungweisend für den Handlungsablauf zahlreicher antiker Tragödien. Die Autorin zeigt an ausgewählten Dramen von Aischylos bis Seneca, wie sich das Bild dieser beiden so facettenreichen Gottheiten unter Wahrung bestimmter Konstanten tradiert und gewandelt hat. Der spannungsreiche Wechsel zwischen einer kraftvoll waltenden Aphrodite mit kosmischer Wirksamkeit und der auf Liebesdinge beschränkten Bereichsgöttin, der bei einer vergleichenden Betrachtung relevanter Passagen aus frühen epischen Texten zutage tritt, wird in der Tragödie als das Oszillieren zwischen einer vollmächtig auftretenden, in ihrer Existenz unangezweifelten Gottheit und einer nurmehr zu Entschuldigungszwecken herangezogenen traditionellen Hülse fassbar. Als charakteristisch für die Tragödie erweist sich der Ton auf der destruktiven Kehrseite der doppelgesichtigen Liebesgottheiten. Sie findet eine Sonderausprägung im Motiv des Götterzorns, das den Ausgangspunkt zu den abschließenden Betrachtungen über Theokrit, Ovid und Nonnos bildet.

Aphrodite (Greek deity) in literature --- Classical poetry --- Eros (Greek deity) in literature --- History and criticism --- Aphrodite (Greek deity) in literature. --- Eros (Greek deity) in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Eros --- In literature. --- Eρως --- Phanes --- Erot --- Эрот --- Ерос --- Eroso --- Earós --- 에로스 --- Erosŭ --- ארוס --- Эрос --- Erots --- Erotas --- Erósz --- エロース --- Erosi --- 厄洛斯 --- Eluosi --- Cupid

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New essays exploring the resurgence of the theme of romantic relationships and love in German literature since around the turn of the millennium.

German literature --- Love in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Eros --- Eρως --- Phanes --- Erot --- Эрот --- Ерос --- Eroso --- Earós --- 에로스 --- Erosŭ --- ארוס --- Эрос --- Erots --- Erotas --- Erósz --- エロース --- Erosi --- 厄洛斯 --- Eluosi --- Cupid --- In literature. --- Desire. --- Feminist. --- Films. --- German literature. --- Intersubjective. --- LGBTQ politics. --- Literature. --- Love relationships. --- Romantic relationships. --- Urban sexuality.

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"Boccaccio's Naked Muse examines a writer who cast himself as the apostle of a new humanistic faith, one that would honour God by exalting his creation. In this study, Tobias Foster Gittes argues that Boccaccio did not simply reproduce Golden Age schemes in his works, but rather subtly altered and adapted them to produce a model of human beatitude more suited to his conviction that cultural achievement and human dignity are indissolubly linked."--Jacket.

Culture in literature. --- Eros (Greek deity) in literature. --- Myth in literature. --- Boccaccio, Giovanni, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Eros --- In literature. --- Eρως --- Phanes --- Erot --- Эрот --- Ерос --- Eroso --- Earós --- 에로스 --- Erosŭ --- ארוס --- Эрос --- Erots --- Erotas --- Erósz --- エロース --- Erosi --- 厄洛斯 --- Eluosi --- Cupid --- Boccaccio, Giovanni --- Boccaccio, Jean --- Boccace --- Bocace, Jean, --- Bocacio, Juan, --- Boccace, --- Boccace, Jean, --- Boccacius, Ioannes, --- Boccacius, Joannes, --- Boccatius, Ioannes, --- Boccatius, Joannes, --- Bochas, John, --- Bokachʻchʻo, Jiovanni, --- Bokachʻio, Jiovanni, --- Bokkachchʹo, Dzhʹovanni, --- Bokkachio, Dzhiovanni, --- Vocacio, Juan, --- Боккаччо, Дж, --- באקאשטיא, --- באקאטשא, דזשעאוואני, --- באקאטשיא --- באקאטשיא, --- בוקאצ׳ו, ג׳ובאני --- Bocace, Jean --- Bocacio, Juan --- Boccace, Jean --- Boccacius, Ioannes --- Boccacius, Joannes --- Boccatius, Ioannes --- Boccatius, Joannes --- Bochas, John --- Bokachʻchʻo, Jiovanni --- Bokachʻio, Jiovanni --- Bokkachchʹo, Dzhʹovanni --- Bokkachio, Dzhiovanni --- Vocacio, Juan --- Боккаччо, Дж --- Thematology