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Aristomenes of Messene : legends of Sparta's nemesis /
"The legends of Aristomenes, hero of the Messenian resistance to Sparta, were designed to excite, gratify and amuse. Yet they remain almost unknown even to specialist ancient historians. This book, the first monograph to be devoted to Aristomenes, redirects attention to his adventures, which at...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo |
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Swansea, Wales : Oakville, CT :
Classical Press of Wales ; Distributor in the United States of America, David Brown Book Co.,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Aristomenes, greatest glory of Messenia. Pausanias' account of the Aristomenes legend ; The Aristomenes legend as popular tradition ; From Achilles to Aesop : the nature and character of Aristomenes
- Aristomenes loses his shield
- Aristomenes in and out of the underworld
- Aristomenes and the mysteries
- Aristomenes, Aristodemus and the hairy heart
- Aristomenes and history
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Aristomenes in the Messeniaca of Rhianus of Bene ; The reconstruction of the Aristomenes tradition from Tyrtaeus to Stephanus of Byzantium ; Unfinished tales : the Nachleben of Aristomenes in English literature and The Arabian nights.