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The politics of Olympus: form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns
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- Summary
- Jenny Strauss Clay demonstrates how four mythological narratives--devoted to Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, and Demeter--not only constitute Panhellenic compositions with a consistent theological viewpoint and unified generic identity, but also give one of the clearest accounts of Olympian politics. As critical chapters in the early history of the Olympian family, these hymns each begin from a point of crisis within the pantheon, such as the birth of the new divinity Apollo, and address the acquisition or redistribution of powers and privileges within the Olympian hierarchy. Clay shows that resolution of conflict in each case proceeds from a plan of Zeus that leads to a new and permanent ordering of relations among the gods as well as between gods and humans. Since the author views these narratives as vehicles of change both on Olympus and on earth, inaugurating new eras in the divine and human cosmos, she provides a linear analysis of each hymn. Her study places the major Homeric Hymns alongside epic and theogonic poetry as creations of high quality, subtlety, and charm and as documents of sustained and systematic theological speculation
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- eng
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- The politics of Olympus: form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns
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- The politics of Olympus: form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Jenny Strauss Clay demonstrates how four mythological narratives--devoted to Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite, and Demeter--not only constitute Panhellenic compositions with a consistent theological viewpoint and unified generic identity, but also give one of the clearest accounts of Olympian politics. As critical chapters in the early history of the Olympian family, these hymns each begin from a point of crisis within the pantheon, such as the birth of the new divinity Apollo, and address the acquisition or redistribution of powers and privileges within the Olympian hierarchy. Clay shows that resolution of conflict in each case proceeds from a plan of Zeus that leads to a new and permanent ordering of relations among the gods as well as between gods and humans. Since the author views these narratives as vehicles of change both on Olympus and on earth, inaugurating new eras in the divine and human cosmos, she provides a linear analysis of each hymn. Her study places the major Homeric Hymns alongside epic and theogonic poetry as creations of high quality, subtlety, and charm and as documents of sustained and systematic theological speculation
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- Clay, Jenny Strauss
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- Political poetry, Greek
- Hymns, Greek (Classical)
- Gods, Greek, in literature
- Politics in literature
- Literary form
- Homer
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- The politics of Olympus: form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691067759
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- The politics of Olympus: form and meaning in the major Homeric hymns
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 291 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691067759
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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