The Writing of Orpheus
Greek Myth in Cultural Context
Son of a mortal king and an immortal Muse, Orpheus possessed a gift for music unmatched among humans; with his lyre he could turn the course of rivers, drown the fatal song of the Sirens, and charm the denizens of the underworld. The allure of his music speaks through the myths and stories of the Greeks and Romans, who tell of his mysterious compositions, with lyrics that only the initiated could understand after undergoing secret rites. Where readers of subsequent centuries have been content to understand these mysteries as the stuff of obfuscation or mere folderol, Marcel Detienne finds in the writing of Orpheus a key to the thinking of the…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Lloyd, Janet (The Needham Research Institute) (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8018-6954-9
- EAN: 9780801869549
- Produktnummer: 1682294
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.1 cm 431 g
- Abbildungen: No
- Gewicht: 431
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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