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02343aam a2200289 4500 001 EADADD44033A11E8972C924897128E48 003 SILO 005 20180127021036 008 150715s2015 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 019872392X 020 $a 9780198723929 035 $a (OCoLC)913853218 040 $a ERASA $b eng $c ERASA $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d NhCcYBP $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PA3052 $b .P48 2015 082 04 $a 880.9382 $2 23 100 1 $a Petridou, Georgia, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015061979 245 10 $a Divine epiphany in Greek literature and culture / $c Georgia Petridou. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford, United Kingdom ; $b Oxford University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xiv, 411 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 520 8 $a In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the socio-political elite in both perpetuating pre-existing power-structures and constructing new ones. This volume is the first comprehensive survey of the history of divine epiphany as presented in the literary and epigraphic narratives of the Greek-speaking world. It demonstrates that divine epiphanies not only reveal what the Greeks thought about their gods; they tell us just as much about the preoccupations, the preconceptions, and the assumptions of ancient Greek religion and culture. In doing so, it explores the deities who were prone to epiphany and the contexts in which they manifested themselves, as well as the functions (narratives and situational) they served, addressing the cultural specificity of divine morphology and mortal-immortal interaction. 'Divine epiphany in Greek literature and culture' re-establishes epiphany as a crucial mode in Greek religious thought and practice, underlines its centrality in Greek cultural production, and foregrounds its impact on both the political and the societal organization of the ancient Greeks. 650 0 $a Greek literature $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105403 650 0 $a Epiphanies in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044423 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180127073615.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EADADD44033A11E8972C924897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search