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Author |
: Peter Green |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 295 |
Release |
: 2023-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520917156 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520917154 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Laughter of Aphrodite by : Peter Green
Best-selling classicist Peter Green recreates the life and times of the Greek lyric poet Sappho in this beautifully conceived, sharply detailed work of historical imagination. We meet Sappho at the age of fifty, when she is shaken by her fatal and final love affair with Phaon. She narrates her own story from the vantage point of self-questioning middle age, and her candid meditations make intimate, engrossing reading. Only fragments of Sappho's poetry survive. In imagining Sappho's life Green found his task "rather like that of an archaeologist reassembling some amphora from hundreds of shards—of which more than half are missing." Yet, in his synthesis of historical evidence and ebullient invention, Green produces a seamless, moving, and persuasive portrait. He recreates Sappho's life by interweaving her surviving poetry into the narrative, not as quotations, but as her own imagined speeches and thoughts. Sappho's life spanned one of the most exciting periods in Greek history. Green's novel, full of details about daily life on ancient Lesbos, draws the reader into the political and social climate of her world: the civil strife accompanying the transition from aristocracy to mercantilism, the household relations between slave and aristocrat, the details of sea travel in the Aegean. Green wrote the novel while living on Lesbos, and his graceful rendering of the landscape, the rhythms of the seasons, and the varied flora of Sappho's island pervades the narrative. Sappho's poetry reveals a direct, spontaneous woman who eschewed artifice and embellishment. Green's extraordinary talent captures those qualities and brings this woman of unflinching honesty very much to life. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993. Best-selling classicist Peter Green recreates the life and times of the Greek lyric poet Sappho in this beautifully conceived, sharply detailed work of historical imagination. We meet Sappho at the age of fifty, when she is shaken by her fatal and final l
Author |
: Carol P. Christ |
Publisher |
: HarperOne |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 1987 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015011675595 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Laughter of Aphrodite by : Carol P. Christ
"The spiritual and intellectual journey of a feminst theologian from Christianity to the goddess."--Cover.
Author |
: Peter Green |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 1993 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0520203402 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780520203402 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Laughter of Aphrodite by : Peter Green
Classicist Peter Green recreates here the life and times of the Greek lyric poet Sappho. We meet Sappho later in life, when she is shaken by her fatal and final love affair. She narrates her own story from the vantage point of self-questioning middle age.
Author |
: Margaret Alexiou |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 504 |
Release |
: 2017-06-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474403801 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474403808 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Greek Laughter and Tears by : Margaret Alexiou
Explores the range and complexity of human emotions and their transmission across cultural traditionsWhat makes us laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time? How do these two primal, seemingly discrete and non-verbal modes of expression intersect in everyday life and ritual, and what range of emotions do they evoke? How may they be voiced, shaped and coloured in literature and liturgy, art and music?Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears. With a focus on the tragic, the comic and the tragicomic dimensions of laughter and tears in art, literature and performance, as well as on their emotional, socio-cultural and religious significance, it breaks new ground in the study of ancient and Byzantine affectivity.Key featuresIncludes an international cast of 25 distinguished contributors Prominence is given to performative arts and to interactions with other cultures Transitions from Late Antiquity to Byzantium, and from Byzantium to the Renaissance, form focal points from which contributors look backwards, forwards and sidewaysHighlights the variety, audacity and quality of the finest Byzantine works and the extent to which they anticipated the renaissance
Author |
: Jane Meredith |
Publisher |
: John Hunt Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 195 |
Release |
: 2014-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781782794400 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1782794409 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aphrodite's Magic by : Jane Meredith
Are you a woman who believes in your own beauty? Do you love your sensuality and live it fully? Aphrodite's Magic is a journey into seven aspects of women's sexuality. Enter the Temple of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and explore the layers of your most private, feminine self. This book will guide you to resolve and heal past trauma, grief and abuse so your sexuality is set free from the past. You will be inspired to honor and celebrate your unique embodiment of the feminine and allow the magic of the Goddess to enter your body with every breath you take. Visualizations and rituals are included to support each step of your journey. Rediscovering seven strands of your sexuality, dancing, journaling and creative processes lead the reader to weave a spell that culminates in a powerful affirmation of self-honoring and sexual embodiment. You can also create your own magical girdle, like the one worn by Aphrodite herself. Aphrodite's Magic will release you from the past and inspire your sexual and spiritual self for the future.
Author |
: Staci Hart |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2013-03-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1482539705 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781482539707 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Deer in Headlights by : Staci Hart
What do the gods do when they're bored? Because they're always bored, and humans are the perfect players in their games.Aphrodite owns love; she hasn't lost a competition on her turf in over three millennia. Apollo is on a mission to win. He's counting on it to finally get the one woman he's never been able to have. The two gods will choose their human players, and if Dita can't get them together before the clock runs out, Apollo will get his way. And Dita couldn't have that.Lex and Dean are perfect for each other, they just don't know it yet. Dean is a perpetual bachelor, and a brooding, beautiful rock star. Lex is always with a man, but she'll never fully give herself up. Dita has her work cut out for her, but if she can't make it work, no one can.The gods have their own drama. Apollo killed Dita's mortal love - they've got beef that's been dragging on for thousands of years. Ares, the douchebag, is forever trying to pick a fight, and trying to get Dita into bed. And Persephone, Dita's best friend, is the one person who Dita shares everything with.Follow the gods as they fight, laugh, cry, lose love, gain power, and make a mess with humans.
Author |
: D. G. Rampton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2019-10-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1697523218 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781697523218 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aphrodite by : D. G. Rampton
A fun, sparkling romp for readers who love Jane Austen, Downton Abbey, Georgette Heyer and traditional Regency romance. "I fail to see why you expect me to put up with your acerbic charm? Others of your acquaintance might be inclined to do so, but I, strange creature that I am, will not!" When the beautiful Miss April Hartwood arrives in London to be introduced to Regency high society, she hopes for some fun and frivolity after a life spent in rural obscurity in Cornwall. Unfortunately for her, her grandmother has other ideas...marriage. Lively and strong-willed, April does not appreciate being compelled to catch a husband. Yet, before long, she finds herself courting the affections of the Duke of Claredon, while struggling with a wholly inappropriate attraction to the insufferable Mr Royce. In the lead up to Christmas, in the year 1820, a delightfully devious campaign is orchestrated to bring together two people destined for one another, regardless of the obstacles to be overcome and the inconvenient tendency on the part of the protagonists to resist their attraction...until they are finally brought to realise they cannot escape fate or the meddling of one determined grandmother!
Author |
: Joan Holub |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2014-12-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442488281 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144248828X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aphrodite the Fair by : Joan Holub
Aphrodite has her hands full with Eris, who loves to stir up mischief, in this Goddess Girls adventure. Eris is a goddess girl who has a penchant for causing trouble. So when her brother, Ares, is celebrating his thirteenth birthday, she can’t let the occasion go by without a little mischief. After all, she is the goddess of discord and strife! Aphrodite is determined to make sure Ares gets the attention he deserves, but can she handle what Eris has planned?
Author |
: Carol P. Christ |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 1998-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136763847 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136763848 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rebirth of the Goddess by : Carol P. Christ
First published in 1999. One of the most unexpected developments of the late twentieth century is the rebirth of the religion of the Goddess in western cultures. Though we were taught that the Gods and Goddesses died with the triumph of Christianity, the re-emergence of the Goddess is not as surprising as it might seem. This book explores the meaning of the Goddess, and the questions we ask as well as the ways we answer them.
Author |
: Bettany Hughes |
Publisher |
: Basic Books |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 2020-09-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781541674240 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1541674243 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Venus and Aphrodite by : Bettany Hughes
A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian. Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. But long before the Ancient Greeks conceived of this voluptuous blonde, she existed as an early spirit of fertility on the shores of Cyprus -- and thousands of years before that, as a ferocious warrior-goddess in the Middle East. Proving that this fabled figure is so much more than an avatar of commercialized romance, historian Bettany Hughes reveals the remarkable lifestory of one of antiquity's most potent myths. Venus and Aphrodite brings together ancient art, mythology, and archaeological revelations to tell the story of human desire. From Mesopotamia to modern-day London, from Botticelli to Beyoncé, Hughes explains why this immortal goddess continues to entrance us today -- and how we trivialize her power at our peril.