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the changing aspects of a mythical symbol

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Pantheon Books
Language
English
Pages
158

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Table of Contents

Preface. xiii
I. Pandora in the Medieval Tradition. 3
II. The Origin of the "Box": Erasmus of Rotterdam. 14
III. Pandora and Hope: Andrea Alciati. 27
IV. Pandora and Ignorance: Rosso Fiorentino. 34
V. Roma Prima Pandora; Eva Prima Pandora; Lutetia Nova Pandora. 55
VI. Pandora, "Gift of All": Elizabethans and Jacques Callot. 68
VII. 𝚰𝚰𝜄𝛳ο𝜄𝝲ί𝛼: Hesiod vs. Babrius et al. 79
VIII. Romanticism, Classicist and Victorian. 85
Epilogue: Pandora on the Stage: Calderón, Voltaire, Goethe, and Late-Antique Allegory. 117
Addenda. 137
Index. 143

Edition Notes

Bibliographical footnotes.

Published in
[New York]
Series
Bollingen series,

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
704.947
Library of Congress
N7760 .P29

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 158 p.
Number of pages
158

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6179202M
Internet Archive
pandorasboxchang00pano
LCCN
55011598
OCLC/WorldCat
1658505
Library Thing
969213

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June 1, 2017 Edited by S Newman added subtitle, co-author, TOC (I did my best with the Greek word in Chapter VII title)
September 3, 2011 Edited by ImportBot add Internet Archive box ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record