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Eros and ritual in ancient literature : singing of Atalanta, Daphnis, and Orpheus
- Title
- Eros and ritual in ancient literature : singing of Atalanta, Daphnis, and Orpheus / Evangelia Anagnostou-Laoutides.
- Author
- Anagnostou-Laoutides, Evangelia.
- Publication
- Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2005.
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- Description
- xxxv, 574 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The 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 of cult and mythology in literature. Initiation patterns were employed as literary metaphors for falling in love or even for holding a philosophical argument on human progress."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Gorgias dissertations ; 11. Classics ; v. 3
- Uniform Title
- Gorgias dissertations ; 11.
- Gorgias dissertations. Classics ; v. 3.
- Subject
- Theocritus
- Virgil
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character) > In literature
- Atalanta (Greek mythological character)
- Théocrite
- Virgile
- Pastoral poetry, Classical > History and criticism
- Daphnis (Greek mythology) in literature
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Singing in literature
- Ritual in literature
- Sex in literature
- Poésie pastorale ancienne > Histoire et critique
- Orphée (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature
- Daphnis (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature
- Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature
- Atalante (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature
- Chant dans la littérature
- Rituel dans la littérature
- Sexualité dans la littérature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-558) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The myth of Atalanta in antiquity -- Ch. 2. Theocritus 1.1 : the myth of Daphnis -- Ch. 3. The pastorals of Vergil - Eclogues and the Georgics -- Ch. 4. Poetry and Vergil -- Ch. 5. Aristaeus and Orpheus in Georgics four -- App. The epic tradition of the first idyll -- App. Daphnis, Achilles, Heracles and death by love -- App. The cup of Theocritus -- App. Fishermen : lovers of death? -- App. Orpheus, Pythagoras and the Egyptians.
- ISBN
- 1931956723
- 9781931956727
- LCCN
- 2005006297
- OCLC
- ocm58456392
- 58456392
- SCSB-5359378
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries