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CHALLENGES TO THE POWER OF ZEUS IN EARLY GREEK POETRY
by Yasumura, Noriko
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0715636782
- ISBN 13
- 9780715636787
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Duckworth Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 0715636782 . Scratches to back panel of DJ else fine. ; 192 pages; In the earliest extant works of Greek literature, Zeus reigns supreme in the Olympian hierarchy. However, scattered and scanty though they may be, there are allusions to threats of rebellion which challenge Zeus' supremacy. This book examines these passages, drawn from Homer, Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns, to offer some new interpretations. While focusing on the theme of cosmic/divine strife, it becomes clear that hints of lost legends underlie these texts. Tracing their hidden logic helps to improve our understanding of early Greek poetry. .
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- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12015
- Title
- CHALLENGES TO THE POWER OF ZEUS IN EARLY GREEK POETRY
- Author
- Yasumura, Noriko
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0715636782
- ISBN 13
- 9780715636787
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishers
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 0715636782, Greek Poetry, Poetry & Poets, Greek Literature, Paganism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Paganism;
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