Worshipping Aphrodite: Art and Cult in Classical Athens - Rilegato

Rosenzweig, Rachel

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0472113321 ISBN 13: 9780472113323

Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Thanks to the Venus di Milo and Botticelli we are left with a picture of Aphrodite as a nude, alluring, though armless female figure emerging from the sea in a shell. Putting puns and poetics aside, this study reassesses the role of Aphrodite in the social, political and religious life of Classical Athens. Rachel Rosenzweig's examination of Aphrodite's appearance in Athens, at shrines, in gardens, at weddings and births, accords her a much more prominent level of importance than previously noted. This importance takes its most notable form in relation to unification, whether in marriage or in sex and birth, as Rosenzweig paints her as a goddess for the people who oversaw the welfare and well-being of the people.

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• Editore: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0472113321
• ISBN 13: 9780472113323
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 232