Challenges to the power of Zeus in early Greek poetry /
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Noriko Yasumura
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Bristol Classical Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 223 p. :
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ill. ;
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25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR 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