Facing the gods : epiphany and representation in Graeco-Roman art, literature, and religion
| 1. Verfasser: |
Platt, Verity J. 1977-
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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xviii, 482 p. : ill ; 25 cm. |
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Greek culture in the Roman world
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 3 Datensätze |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I: 1. Framing epiphany in art and text; 2. Material epiphany: encountering the divine in cult images; 3. Epiphany and authority in Hellenistic Greece; 4. The poetics of epiphany in Hellenistic epigram; Part II: 5. Virtual visions: piety and paideia in Second Sophistic literature; 6. Dream visions and cult images in the Second Sophistic; 7. The apologetics of representation in Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana; Part III: 8. Dying to see: epiphany and representation on Roman sarcophagi.
