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The Spell of Hypnos

- Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature
Af: Silvia Montiglio Engelsk Paperback

The Spell of Hypnos

- Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature
Af: Silvia Montiglio Engelsk Paperback
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Sleep was viewed as a boon by the ancient Greeks: sweet, soft, honeyed, balmy, care-loosening, as the Iliad has it. But neither was sleep straightforward, nor safe. It could be interrupted, often by a dream. It could be the site of dramatic intervention by a god or goddess. It might mark the transition in a narrative relationship, as when Penelope for the first time in weeks slumbers happily through Odysseus'' vengeful slaughter of her suitors. Silvia Montiglio''s imaginative and comprehensive study of the topic illuminates the various ways in which writers in antiquity used sleep to deal with major aspects of plot and character development. The author shows that sleeplessness, too, carries great weight in classical literature. Doom hangs by a thread as Agamemnon - in Iphigenia in Aulis - paces, restless and sleepless, while around him everyone else dozes on. Exploring recurring tropes of somnolence and wakefulness in the Iliad, the Odyssey, Athenian drama, the Argonautica and ancient novels by Xenophon, Chariton, Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius, this is a unique contribution to better understandings of ancient Greek writing.
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Sleep was viewed as a boon by the ancient Greeks: sweet, soft, honeyed, balmy, care-loosening, as the Iliad has it. But neither was sleep straightforward, nor safe. It could be interrupted, often by a dream. It could be the site of dramatic intervention by a god or goddess. It might mark the transition in a narrative relationship, as when Penelope for the first time in weeks slumbers happily through Odysseus'' vengeful slaughter of her suitors. Silvia Montiglio''s imaginative and comprehensive study of the topic illuminates the various ways in which writers in antiquity used sleep to deal with major aspects of plot and character development. The author shows that sleeplessness, too, carries great weight in classical literature. Doom hangs by a thread as Agamemnon - in Iphigenia in Aulis - paces, restless and sleepless, while around him everyone else dozes on. Exploring recurring tropes of somnolence and wakefulness in the Iliad, the Odyssey, Athenian drama, the Argonautica and ancient novels by Xenophon, Chariton, Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius, this is a unique contribution to better understandings of ancient Greek writing.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9781350197435
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1350197432
Kategori: Ancient Greece
Udg. Dato: 24 dec 2020
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 138mm
Højde: 216mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 24 dec 2020
Forfatter(e): Silvia Montiglio
Forfatter(e) Silvia Montiglio

Kategori Ancient Greece

ISBN-13 9781350197435

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 138mm

Højde 216mm

Udg. Dato 24 dec 2020

Oplagsdato 24 dec 2020

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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