Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 28 January 2016
- ISBN 9780198723929
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages428 pages
- Size 240x166x28 mm
- Weight 764 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 18 black and white illustrations 0
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Short description:
Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture is the first comprehensive survey of the history of divine epiphany as presented in the literary and epigraphic narratives of the Greek-speaking world.
MoreLong description:
In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the socio-political elite in both perpetuating pre-existing power-structures and constructing new ones. This volume is the first comprehensive survey of the history of divine epiphany as presented in the literary and epigraphic narratives of the Greek-speaking world. It demonstrates that divine epiphanies not only reveal what the Greeks thought about their gods; they tell us just as much about the preoccupations, the preconceptions, and the assumptions of ancient Greek religion and culture. In doing so, it explores the deities who were prone to epiphany and the contexts in which they manifested themselves, as well as the functions (narratives and situational) they served, addressing the cultural specificity of divine morphology and mortal-immortal interaction. Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture re-establishes epiphany as a crucial mode in Greek religious thought and practice, underlines its centrality in Greek cultural production, and foregrounds its impact on both the political and the societal organization of the ancient Greeks.
Petridou manages to present a varied body of work in an accessible and coherent way and greatly adds to scholarship, not just on epiphany but also on Greek religion in general.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Divine Morphology
Epiphanies in Crisis
Healing Epiphanies: Epiphanies as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools
Dei in Remotis: Epiphany, Solitude, and Divine Inspiration
Erotic Epiphanies
Epiphanies in Cult
Theoxenia Festivals: Playing Host and Guest with the Divine
Synthesis: Epiphany and its Socio-political Functions
Bibliography
Index
