Wonder and the marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic world
"The Greeks are already engaged with the marvellous from the very beginning of their literary tradition. Homer presents a world full of visual marvels linked to the divine, from the Shield of Achilles to epiphanic appearances of the gods themselves before mortals. Already in the Homeric poems,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press
[2021]
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| Colección: | Cambridge classical studies.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746803806719 |
| Sumario: | "The Greeks are already engaged with the marvellous from the very beginning of their literary tradition. Homer presents a world full of visual marvels linked to the divine, from the Shield of Achilles to epiphanic appearances of the gods themselves before mortals. Already in the Homeric poems, the marvellous is linked to transgression of the boundaries that separate the human and divine realms, and also the natural and the artificial"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
