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Author Lightfoot, Jessica, 1991- author.

Title Wonder and the marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic world / Jessica Lightfoot.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource.
Series Cambridge classical studies
Cambridge classical studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "The Greeks are already engaged with the marvellous from the very beginning of their literary tradition. Homer presents a world full of visual marvels linked to the divine, from the Shield of Achilles to epiphanic appearances of the gods themselves before mortals. Already in the Homeric poems, the marvellous is linked to transgression of the boundaries that separate the human and divine realms, and also the natural and the artificial"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
Greek literature -- History and criticism.
Marvelous, The, in literature.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Homer. (OCoLC)fst00029137
Greek literature. (OCoLC)fst00947441
Marvelous, The, in literature. (OCoLC)fst01010940
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form: Print version: Lightfoot, Jessica, 1991- Wonder and the marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic world New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781316518830 (DLC) 2021008438
ISBN 9781009003551 (ebook)
9781316518830 (hardback)
1009003550
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