Transformations of Pelops: Myths, Monuments, and Cult Reconsidered
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Pelops and His Family -- 1 Childhood and Marriage -- 1.1 A Divine Banquet and a Problematic Chariot Race -- 1.2 Pindar'...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Further subjects: | B
Mythology, Greek
B Pelops,-King of Pisa (Mythological character) B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780367766986 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Pelops and His Family -- 1 Childhood and Marriage -- 1.1 A Divine Banquet and a Problematic Chariot Race -- 1.2 Pindar's First Olympian Ode -- 1.3 Depictions of the Myth -- 1.4 Localizations -- 1.5 Parallels -- 1.6 Rational Explanations -- 2 Successful Ruler and Miserable Father -- 2.1 Chrysippos and the Troubled Marriage of Pelops and Hippodameia -- 2.2 The Ruler of the Peloponnese and His Scepter -- 2.3 The Founding of the Olympic Games -- 2.4 The Death and the Burial Place of Pelops -- 2.5 The Descendants of Pelops Between Myth, Folktale, and History -- Part II: The Making of Pelops from Different Perspectives -- 3 Folklore and Ethnography - Resurrection and the Missing Shoulder Blade -- 3.1 Greek Parallels -- 3.2 Parallels from All Over the World -- 3.3 The Missing Part -- 3.4 Tantalos and Pelops Reconsidered -- 4 Art and Archaeology - Olympia and the Cult of Pelops -- 4.1 Monuments Related to Pelops and His Myths at Olympia -- 4.2 The Cult and Cult Place of Pelops at Olympia -- 4.3 The Establishment of the Cult: The Black Layers -- 4.4 Evidence for the Early Cult Practice -- 4.5 Pelops and Hippodameia Reconsidered -- 5 Linguistics and Geography - The Hero of the Peloponnese -- 5.1 Ancient and Modern Etymologies of the Name -- 5.2 Linguistic Problems Related to the Term Peloponnese -- 5.3 Mythical Figures and Geographical Terms -- 5.4 Pelops and the Peloponnese Reconsidered -- Part III: Pelops Afterwards -- 6 Modest Remembering and Occasional Revival -- 6.1 Pelops and His Family in Literature and Visual Arts -- 6.2 A Monumental Melodrama Trilogy -- 6.3 A Trilogy of Novels from the 21st Century -- 7 Popularity due to an Ancient Mistake -- 7.1 A Short History of Research. |
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| ISBN: | 1000874508 |