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Worshipping Virtues

- PersonifIcation and the Divine in Ancient Greece
Af: Emma Stafford Engelsk Paperback

Worshipping Virtues

- PersonifIcation and the Divine in Ancient Greece
Af: Emma Stafford Engelsk Paperback
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The Greeks, in Dr Johnson's phrase, 'shock the mind by ascribing effects to non-entity'. The culture of ancient Greece was thronged with personifications. In poetry and the visual arts, personified figures of what might seem abstractions claim our attention. This study examines the logic, the psychology and the practice of Greeks who worshipped these personifications with temples and sacrifices, and addressed them with hymns and prayers. Emma Stafford conducts case-studies of deified 'abstractions', such as Peitho (Persuasion), Eirene (Peace) and Hygieia (Health). She also considers general questions of Greek psychology, such as why so many of these figures were female. Modern scholars have asked, Did the Greeks believe their own myths? This study contributes importantly to the debate, by exploring widespread and creative popular theology in the historical period.
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The Greeks, in Dr Johnson's phrase, 'shock the mind by ascribing effects to non-entity'. The culture of ancient Greece was thronged with personifications. In poetry and the visual arts, personified figures of what might seem abstractions claim our attention. This study examines the logic, the psychology and the practice of Greeks who worshipped these personifications with temples and sacrifices, and addressed them with hymns and prayers. Emma Stafford conducts case-studies of deified 'abstractions', such as Peitho (Persuasion), Eirene (Peace) and Hygieia (Health). She also considers general questions of Greek psychology, such as why so many of these figures were female. Modern scholars have asked, Did the Greeks believe their own myths? This study contributes importantly to the debate, by exploring widespread and creative popular theology in the historical period.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 274
ISBN-13: 9781914535291
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1914535294
Kategori: Ancient Greece
Udg. Dato: 25 aug 2022
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 156mm
Højde: 234mm
Forlag: Classical Press of Wales
Oplagsdato: 25 aug 2022
Forfatter(e): Emma Stafford
Forfatter(e) Emma Stafford


Kategori Ancient Greece


ISBN-13 9781914535291


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 274


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 156mm


Højde 234mm


Udg. Dato 25 aug 2022


Oplagsdato 25 aug 2022


Forlag Classical Press of Wales