From Delos To Delphi
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| Author | : A.M. Miller |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2018-07-17 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9004328289 |
This detailed literary and rhetorical analysis of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo treats the poem as a unified work of art in which sophisticated poetic craftsmanship is put to the service of serious ethical thought. By means of parallels from Homer, Hesiod, and other Homeric hymns, as well as from later epideictic poetry and prose, the author seeks to show that the poet of the Hymn follows a coherent ''program'' whose intention is to praise Apollo from his birth on humble Delos to his establishment in a position of glory at Delphi. At the same time, the ''Delian'' and ''Pythian'' portions of the hymn are linked by a complex network of ideas bearing on the ethos of Apollo and the nature of his Delphic oracle. The study takes into account previous scholarship on the Hymn and provides appendices on ''The Question of Unity'' and ''The Cosmological Hierarchy and Apollo's Timai''.
| Author | : Michael Scott |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2014-03-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1400851327 |
A comprehensive narrative history of the ancient world's center, from its founding to its modern rediscovery The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"—the "center" or "navel"—of the ancient world for more than 1,000 years. Individuals, city leaders, and kings came from all over the Mediterranean and beyond to consult Delphi's oracular priestess; to set up monuments to the gods; and to take part in competitions. In this richly illustrated account, Michael Scott covers the history and nature of Delphi, from the literary and archaeological evidence surrounding the site, to its rise as a center of worship, to the constant appeal of the oracle despite her cryptic prophecies. He describes how Delphi became a contested sacred site for Greeks and Romans and a storehouse for the treasures of rival city-states and foreign kings. He also examines the eventual decline of the site and how its meaning and importance have continued to be reshaped. A unique window into the center of the ancient world, Delphi will appeal to general readers, tourists, students, and specialists.
| Author | : James George Frazer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 1911 |
| Genre | : Magic |
| ISBN | : |
Frazer's series which attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought.
| Author | : Dominika Grzesik |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2021-12-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004502491 |
This book brings Hellenistic and Roman Delphi to life. By addressing a broad spectrum of epigraphic topics, theoretical and methodological approaches, it provides readers with a first comprehensive discussion of the Delphic gift-giving system, its regional interactions, and its honorific network
| Author | : James George Frazer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 1913 |
| Genre | : Magic |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Michael Scott |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 377 |
| Release | : 2010-04-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0521191262 |
This book investigates and re-evaluates the remains of the two most important sanctuaries in ancient Greece.
| Author | : James George Frazer |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 469 |
| Release | : 2012-04-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108047300 |
The greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (1911-15) of Sir James Frazer's controversial work on classical religion.
| Author | : Sir James George Frazer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 470 |
| Release | : 1911 |
| Genre | : Animism |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Erich von Däniken |
| Publisher | : Tantor eBooks |
| Total Pages | : 277 |
| Release | : 2011-06-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1618030043 |
Were human beings created by powers from outer space? Did extraterrestrial giants build the megaliths of Malta and the menhirs of Brittany? Was the Ark of the Covenant a machine built by the astronaut gods? In Signs of the Gods? Erich von Däniken travels far and wide around the globe to study the many strange phenomena that all point to one conclusion---that many thousands of years ago, Earth was visited by a race of superhuman powers and intelligence.The questions he addresses along the way include: Why are the religious sites in Greece all laid out in the same geometrical pattern---a pattern which is repeated throughout the world? Does the extraordinary longevity of the ancient Sumerian kings mean that the Land of the Two Rivers was ruled by a race of supermen? Could the first men have been produced by cloning? Do the great ruins of Zimbabwe point to an impossibly detailed knowledge of astronomy? Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods provoked a worldwide storm of controversy. In Signs of the Gods? he produces powerful arguments to support his theory of astronaut gods, with evidence that is difficult to explain any other way. Hear what he has to say with an open mind---and you may find yourself agreeing with him.
| Author | : Frederick Whitling |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2018-12-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3110602369 |
In Western Ways, for the first time, the "foreign schools" in Rome and Athens, institutions dealing primarily with classical archaeology and art history, are discussed in historical terms as vehicles and figureheads of national scholarship. By emphasising the agency and role of individuals in relation to structures and tradition, the book shows how much may be gained by examining science and politics as two sides of the same coin. It sheds light on the scholarly organisation of foreign schools, and through them, on the organisation of classical archaeology and classical studies around the Mediterranean. With its breadth and depth of archival resources, Western Ways offers new perspectives on funding, national prestige and international collaboration in the world of scholarship, and places the foreign schools in a framework of nineteenth and twentieth century Italian and Greek history.
