A moment's ornament : the poetics of nympholepsy in ancient Greece / Corinne Ondine Pache.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pache, Corinne Ondine, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nymphs (Greek deities).

Nymphs (Greek deities) in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers the first comprehensive study of the phenomenon of nympholepsy--the experience of being ""seized"" by a nymph--in ancient Greek cult and poetry. Using literary and archaeological sources, this study provides a new interpretation of the bond between mortals and immortals, and between cult and poetry.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Nympholeptic Goddesses at the End of the Theogony; 2. Nympholepts in Ancient Greece; 3. Goddesses in Love and Nympholeptic Heroes; 4. Odysseus Nympholeptos; 5. Kephalos in the City; 6. Hellenistic Nympholeptoi; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; A; B; C; D; E; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-971318-9