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" Challenges to the power of Zeus in early Greek poetry / "
Noriko Yasumura
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BL
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584437
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b413656
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| Main Entry
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Yasumura, Noriko
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| Title & Author
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Challenges to the power of Zeus in early Greek poetry /\ Noriko Yasumura
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Bristol Classical Press,, 2011
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xi, 223 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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9780715636787
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: 0715636782
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and indexes
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| Contents
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The threat of Thetis -- The golden chain of Hera -- The reordering of the universe -- The birth of Athena -- Prometheus, god of forethought -- Typhon, son of Hera -- The bitter sorrow of Aphrodite
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| Abstract
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Examines passages drawn mainly from Homer, Hesiod's Theogony, and the Homeric hymns for threats to Zeus's supremacy, focusing on themes of cosmic/divine and generational strife, revealing hints of lost legends
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Epic poetry, Greek-- History and criticism
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Zeus (Greek deity) in literature
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PA3106.Y37 2011
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