Zeus the Head, Zeus the Middle - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zeus the Head, Zeus the Middle write by Dwayne A. Meisner. This book was released on 2015. Zeus the Head, Zeus the Middle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This thesis contributes to debates about the definition of Orphism by observing three characteristics of Orphic myth: Near Eastern influence, discourse between myth and philosophy, and speculations about the natures of Phanes, Zeus, Dionysus and other deities. In chronological order I analyze the fragments of four theogonies that were attributed to Orpheus: the Derveni, Eudemian, Hieronyman, and Rhapsodic Theogonies. Most modern scholars have described these poems as if they were similar to Hesiod's Theogony - lengthy chronological accounts of the births of the gods from the beginning of time to the present - but I argue that the Orphic tradition was more fluid, likely characterised by a variety of shorter poems, scattered in different collections. I suggest that a better model for understanding how these poems were composed is to see each of them as an individual product of bricolage (as explained by Claude Lévi-Strauss), rather than as items in the stemma of a static manuscript tradition (as reconstructed by Martin West). I study the ways in which modern scholars have reconstructed each of these theogonies and what ancient Greek philosophers had to say about them. I observe that the Orphic tradition was more fluid and fragmented than modern reconstructions would lead us to believe, but I argue that in the Orphic theogonies one can note certain features that are not exclusive to Orphism but characteristic of it. For example, where Orphic myth departs from Hesiodic myth it tends to do so in ways that are parallel to Near Eastern myth; Orphic poetry was always engaged in the discourse between myth and philosophy; and Orphic poets speculated on the nature of the gods in ways that generated unique deities and new narratives.
Zeus
Zeus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zeus write by Ken Dowden. This book was released on 2006-05-02. Zeus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first book to capture a complete picture of the most important of Greek gods in one reliable volume for almost seventy years, this masterly and comprehensive study brings a new-millennium examination of the fascinating god Zeus. Broad in scope, the book looks at myth, art, cult, philosophy, drama, theology and European painting amongst much more, and allows us to take seriously what it was to worship and respect the greatest of Greek gods, and to live through the aftershock of the Middle Ages and modern times. Showing the evidence along the way, Zeus is student-friendly and includes: a range of illustrations and maps translated passages from ancient authors a chronology and excellent indexing. Looking at the ancient Greeks their predecessor and their successors – the Romans and beyond – the book is engagingly written and speaks to a modern audience: this is Zeus from our remote ancestors to Wagner, and into the computer age.
Zeus
Zeus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zeus write by Ken Dowden. This book was released on 2006-05-02. Zeus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first book to capture a complete picture of the most important of Greek gods in one reliable volume for almost seventy years, this masterly and comprehensive study brings a new-millennium examination of the fascinating god Zeus. Broad in scope, the book looks at myth, art, cult, philosophy, drama, theology and European painting amongst much more, and allows us to take seriously what it was to worship and respect the greatest of Greek gods, and to live through the aftershock of the Middle Ages and modern times. Showing the evidence along the way, Zeus is student-friendly and includes: a range of illustrations and maps translated passages from ancient authors a chronology and excellent indexing. Looking at the ancient Greeks their predecessor and their successors – the Romans and beyond – the book is engagingly written and speaks to a modern audience: this is Zeus from our remote ancestors to Wagner, and into the computer age.
Zeus
Zeus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zeus write by Arthur Bernard Cook. This book was released on 1925. Zeus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods
Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods write by Dwayne A. Meisner. This book was released on 2018. Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Meisner offers a new interpretation of four Orphic theogonies: Derveni, Eudemian, Hieronyman, and Rhapsodic. The fragments of these poems, thought to be written by Orpheus, contained narratives of the creation of the cosmos and the births of the gods, but differed from the mainstream account of Hesiod's Theogony.
