Divine epiphany in Greek literature and culture /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Petridou, Georgia (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Greek literature > History and criticism. Epiphanies in literature. Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique. Épiphanies (Insight) dans la littérature. Epiphanies in literature Greek literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Divine morphology
2. Epiphanies in crisis
3. Healing epiphanies: Epiphanies as diagnostic and therapeutic tools
4. Dei in remotisEpiphany, solitude, and divine inspiration
5. Erotic epiphanies: The spatio-temporal context of divine erotica
6. Epiphanies in cult
7. Theoxenia festivals: Playing host and guest with the divine
8. Synthesis: Epiphany and its sociopolitical functions.