Scylla: myth, metaphor, paradox
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts – sea, dog and woma...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2012.
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Skylla, Fictitious character
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| Further subjects: | B
Homer Odyssey
B Monsters in literature B Scylla and Charybdis (Greek mythology) B Homer ; Odyssey B Monsters in art |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9781107026766 |