Mixanthrôpoi. Animal-human hybrid deities in Greek religion



Mixanthrôpoi. Animal-human hybrid deities in Greek religion

Emma ASTON




Many of the beings in this book – Cheiron, Pan, Acheloos, the Sirens and others – will be familiar from the narratives of Greek mythology, in which fabulous anatomies abound. However, they have never previously been studied together from a religious perspective, as recipients of cult and as members of the ancient pantheon. This book is the first major treatment of the use of part-animal – mixanthropic – form in the representation and visual imagination of Greek gods and goddesses, and of its significance with regard to divine character and function. What did it mean to depict deities in a form so strongly associated in the ancient imagination with monstrous adversaries? How did iconography, myth and ritual interact in particular sites of worship? Drawing together literary and visual material, this study establishes the themes dominant in the worship of divine mixanthropes, and argues that, so far from being insignificant curiosities, they make possible a greater understanding of the fabric of ancient religious practice, in particular the tense and challenging relationship between divinity and visual representation.

Titre Mixanthrôpoi. Animal-human hybrid deities in Greek religion
Édition Première édition
Auteur Emma ASTON
Collection Kernos suppléments
Langue anglais
Éditeur Presses universitaires de Liège
Public visé 05 Enseignement supérieur
CLIL (Version 2013-2019 ) 3356 Histoire des religions
3917 Religions de l'antiquité
Date de première publication du titre 30 septembre 2011
Avec Index ; Bibliographie
Support Livre broché
Nb de pages 383 p. Index . Bibliographie .
ISBN-10 2960071786
ISBN-13 9782960071788
Référence 127196-96
Date de publication 15 février 2024
Publication , Belgique
Nombre de pages de contenu principal 383
Illustrations 42 Illustrations
42 illustrations, noir et blanc
Format 16 x 24 x 2,5 cm
Poids 800 gr
Prix 40,00 €
 
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