This book discusses Greek attitudes to settlement and territory as articulated through myths and cults. The emphasis is less on the poetic, timeless qualities of the myths, than on their historical function in the archaic and Classical periods, covering the spectrum from explici…
by Neu, Erich
fromStudien zu den Boğazköy-Texten
by Neu, Erich
fromStudien zu den Boğazköy-Texten
"The Greeks, in Dr. Johnson's phrase, 'shock the mind by ascribing effects to non-entity'. The culture of ancient Greece was thronged with personifications. In poetry and the visual arts, personified figures of what might seem abstractions claim our attention. This study examine…
Examines how the Soviet Communist Party encouraged the veneration of Lenin as a revolutionary figure in order to achieve its political goals.
