Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World

• Tác giả: Jessica Lightfoot
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1009003551
• ISBN-13: 978-1009009140
• ISBN-13: 978-1316518830
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 880.938 Literatures of Hellenic languages Classical Greek literature
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 270713
• Chủ đề: 1. Ancient history: to c 500 CE; 2. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; 3. Literary studies: general; 4. Literature & literary studies; 5. Literature: history & criticism

Tóm tắt

Shows that wonder and wonders constituted a central theme in Greek culture from Homer to the Hellenistic period. Argues for its importance in discussions of the purpose of philosophy and literature and in expressions of the relationships between the human and the divine and between self and other.