Hermes

ISBN-13: 9780367496609 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 214 str.

Arlene Allan

Opis

Hermes adresses the gap in modern English scholarship on this fascinating and complex god, and presents its readers with an introduction to Hermes’ social, religious and political importance through his myths, iconography, and worship, as well as bring together an integrated survey of his reception and interpretation in the post-classical periods.

Spis treści

Foreword: Why Hermes?; Introducing Hermes; PART 1: KEY THEMES; Chapter 1: Talents; Chapter 2: Transmissions; Chapter 3: Transitions; Chapter 4: Transactions; Chapter 5: Transgressions; Chapter 6: Transcendence; Chapter 7: Translations; PART 2: AFTERWARDS; Chapter 8: Transformations I: Other Mercurys; Chapter 9: Transformations II: Popular Culture; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Arlene Allan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her research and teaching interests include Ancient Greek socio-religious history, Athenian drama and the interface between Graeco-Roman religion and early Christianity. She is co-author, with Ian C. Storey, of A Guide to Ancient  Greek Drama (2005, rev’d 2nd edn 2014) and sole author of several articles and book chapters in these subject  areas.