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Challenges to the Power of Zeus in Early Greek Poetry.

"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 t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yasumura, Noriko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. The Threat of Thetis; 1. The supplication of Thetis; 2. Phoenix as an example of the generational strife in the Iliad; 3. Telemachus as an example of the generational strife in the Odyssey; 4. Peleus and Achilles; II. The Golden Chain of Hera; 1. The (omitted) of the gods in the Iliad; 2. The golden chain of Hera; 3. Heracles: the motive for the golden chain; III. The Reordering of the Universe; 1. The tug-of-war between Zeus and Poseidon; 2. The parallel presentation of wrath; 3. The reordering of the universe; IV. The Birth of Athena. 
505 8 |a 1. Near Eastern succession myth and Hesiod's Theogony2. The Hesiodic account: the route to Zeus' victory; 3. The birth of Athena; V. Prometheus, God of Forethought; 1. The myth of Prometheus in the Theogony; 2. The defeat of Prometheus; 3. Elpis; VI. Typhon, Son of Hera; 1. The arrangement of the motifs; 2. The digression of the Typhon episode; 3. The opening scene of the Hymn to Apollo; VII. The Bitter Sorrow of Aphrodite; 1. The irony of human limitation; 2. The sorrow of Aphrodite; 3. The three goddesses at the beginning of the Hymn to Aphrodite; Epilogue; Notes; Abbreviations. 
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