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Hesiod's Theogony: from Near Eastern Creation Myths to Paradise Lost
Hesiod's Theogony from Near Eastern Creation Myths to Paradise Lost
Author: Stephen Scully
Stephen Scully both offers a reading of Hesiod's Theogony and traces the reception and shadows of this authoritative Greek creation story in Greek and Roman texts up to Milton's own creation myth, which sought to "soar above th' Aonian Mount [i.e., the Theogony]...and justify the ways of God to men." Scully also considers the poem in light of N...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780190253967
ISBN-10: 0190253967
Publication Date: 9/23/2015
Pages: 288
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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