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A Moment's Ornament: The Poetics of Nympholepsy in Ancient Greece
A Moment's Ornament The Poetics of Nympholepsy in Ancient Greece
Author: Corinne Ondine Pache
From Hesiod's first person account of his encounters with the Muses on Mount Helikon to Theokritos' nymphs, love between goddesses and mortal men provides the ancient Greeks with a way of articulating both the genealogical and cultic connection to their gods and to their past. A Moment's Ornament examines the theme of nymphol...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195339369
ISBN-10: 0195339363
Publication Date: 12/27/2010
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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