Myth, Ritual and Metallurgy in Ancient Greece and Recent Africa

Sandra Blakely

ISBN 10: 0521855004 / ISBN 13: 9780521855006

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In this volume, first published in 2006, Sandra Blakely considers technological myths and rituals associated with ancient Greek daimones, who made metal; and African rituals in which iron plays a central role. Noting the rich semantic web of associations that has connected metallurgy to magic, birth, kingship, autochthony, and territorial possession in both Greek and African cultures, Blakely examines them together in order to cast light on the Greek demons, which are only fragmentarily preserved and which have often been equated to general types of smithing gods. Her comparison demonstrates that these demons are more sophisticated and ritually useful than has been previously acknowledged. This book provides new insights into the position of technology in Greek myth. Providing a new methodology for the study of Greek religion, which uses comparative cultural material in a thoughtful and careful way, it helps close the fifty-year gap between the social sciences and Classical philology in the theoretical understanding and study of technological systems.

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• Titolo: Myth, Ritual and Metallurgy in Ancient Greece and Recent Africa
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521855004
• ISBN 13: 9780521855006
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 260 L x 183 A x 23 P (millimetri) 260 millimetri di larghezza per 183 millimetri di altezza per 23 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 843 grammi

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This book, first published in 2006, provides new insights into the position of technology in Greek myth.

Informazioni sull?autore

Sandra Blakely is Associate Professor of Classics at Emory University. A scholar of the religions of the classical world, she has received fellowships from the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, the Albright School of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC.