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the changing aspects of a mythical symbol

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Pandora's box

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

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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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