The origins of the goddess Ariadne / by Robert T. Teske.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Teske, Robert Thomas.

Contributor:

Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ariadne, Empress, consort of Zeno, Emperor of the East, approximately 450-515.

Ariadne.

Byzantine Empire.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource 1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, 1970.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The many facets of the Ariadne-figure have long been the subject of classical scholarship. The peculiar cultic customs surrounding the goddess have been assiduously interpreted, in part successfully and in part unsuccessfully. Her relation to the figure of Dionysus has been explored in hopes of proving the Mycenaean origins of the god; as for her own Minoan origins, identification with the early nature goddess of the Aegean area is now a prevalent theory. Although the individual importance of such studies cannot be denied, they seem peripheral to the target of primary concern: the sequential deterioration of Ariadne from the status of Mother goddess to that of heroine.

Notes:

A.B., Honors Harvard University 1970

Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 31, 2017).

Title from title screen.

OCLC:

77000151

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