the development of erotic mythology in early Greek poetry and cult /
Barbara Breitenberger
New York :
Routledge,
c2007
x, 296 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Studies in classics
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and indexes
Aphrodite : the historical background -- Some aspects of mythmaking and cults of Aphrodite -- Losing her own game : Aphrodite in the Homeric hymn -- Erotic personifications -- Goddesses of grace and beauty : the charites -- Peitho : the power of persuasion -- The origins of Eros -- The creation and birth of Eros at the symposium -- Some final conclusions