The writing of Orpheus

Greek myth in cultural context

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Marcel Detienne
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English
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199

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The writing of Orpheus: Greek myth in cultural context
2003, Johns Hopkins University Press
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The Writing of Orpheus: Greek Myth in Cultural Context
November 25, 2002, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Table of Contents

The genealogy of a body of thought
What the Greeks called "myth"
Mythology, writing, and forms of historicity
The practices of myth-analysis
The Danaids among themselves. Marriage founded upon violence
A kitchen garden for women, or how to engender on one's own
Misogynous Hestia, or the city in its autonomy
"Even talk is in some ways divine"
An ephebe and an olive tree
The crane and the labyrinth
The finger of Orestes
At Lycaon's table
An inventive writing, the voice of Orpheus, and the games of Palamedes
The double writing of mythology (between the Timaeus and the Critias)
Orpheus rewrites the city gods.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-193) and index.

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Baltimore, Md

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Dewey Decimal Class
292.1/3
Library of Congress
BL783 .D4813 2003

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xv, 199 p. ;
Number of pages
199

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OL21505487M
ISBN 10
0801869544
LCCN
2001006673
OCLC/WorldCat
48468746
Goodreads
1173707

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