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"What is a woman? What is a man? How do they - and how should they - relate to each other? Does our yearning for "wholeness" refer to something real, and if there is a Whole, what is it, and why do we feel so estranged from it? For centuries now, art and literature have increasi…
"Using as her starting point the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Melissa F. Zeiger examines modern transformations of poetic elegy, particularly as they reflect historical changes in the politics of gender and sexuality. Although her focus is primarily on nineteenth- and twentiet…
The myth of Orpheus, shaman and teacher, musician and lover, is the subject of this book. It brings together the work of scholars from a variety of disciplines to present a conspectus of the myth's career, to show how it grows and changes to meet changing demands -- always diffe…
Les "Hymnes orphiques" sont une collection de quatre-vingt-sept hymnes rédigés en grec et adressés à diverses divinités. Ils proviennent sans doute d'Asie Mineure et datent, semble-t-il, des premiers siècles de l'ère chrétienne. Ces textes ont fort peu intéressé les chercheurs, …
Les "Hymnes orphiques" sont une collection de quatre-vingt-sept hymnes rédigés en grec et adressés à diverses divinités. Ils proviennent sans doute d'Asie Mineure et datent, semble-t-il, des premiers siècles de l'ère chrétienne. Ces textes ont fort peu intéressé les chercheurs, …
Les "Hymnes orphiques" sont une collection de quatre-vingt-sept hymnes rédigés en grec et adressés à diverses divinités. Ils proviennent sans doute d'Asie Mineure et datent, semble-t-il, des premiers siècles de l'ère chrétienne. Ces textes ont fort peu intéressé les chercheurs, …
Review text: "Altogether, the reader is justified in feeling that he has come to a better knowledge of the books, beliefs, and rites of Orphism, of the Christian apologists and their encounter with Greek religion and ideas, and of the specific texts discussed here. He has found,…