The Sea in the Greek Imagination /

The sea is omnipresent in Greek life. Visible from nearly everywhere, the sea represents the life and livelihood of many who dwell on the islands and coastal areas of the Mediterranean, and it has been so since long ago--the sea loomed large in the Homeric epics and throughout Greek mythology. The G...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Beaulieu, Marie-Claire, 1979-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Ocean > Religious aspects.
Ocean > Mythology.
Mythology, Greek.
Liminality.
Life.
Death.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
deaths.
Mort.
Liminalite.
Mythologie grecque.
Mer > Mythologie.
Mer > Aspect religieux.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Hygra keleutha: the paths of the sea
  • Heroic coming-of-age and the sea
  • The floating chest: maidens, marriage, and the sea
  • Dolphin riders between Hades and Olympus
  • Leaps of faith? Diving into the sea, women, and metamorphosis
  • Dionysus and the sea.

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