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Detienne, Marcel:
The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology, Second Edition - Paperback

ISBN: 9780691001043

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: PRINCETON UNIV PR], Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis-- whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resurrection marked a joyous occasion--represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. Using the analytic tools of structuralism, Detienne shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity--whose physical ineptitude led to his death in a boar hunt, after which his body was found in a lettuce patch. Contrasting the festivals of Adonis with the solemn ones dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of grain, he reveals the former as a parody and negation of the institution of marriage. Detienne considers the short-lived gardens that Athenian women planted in mockery for Adonis's festival, and explores the function of such vegetal matter as spices, mint, myrrh, cereal, and wet plants in religious practice and in a wide selection of myths. His inquiry exposes, among many things, attitudes toward sexual activities ranging from "perverse" acts to marital relations. Table of contents: TR Introduction TD ALIGN="RIGHT" TR Translator's Note TD ALIGN="RIGHT" TR Foreword TD ALIGN="RIGHT"1 TR Ch. 1 The Perfumes of Arabia TD ALIGN="RIGHT"5 TR Ch. 2 The Spice Ox TD ALIGN="RIGHT"37 TR Ch. 3 From Myrrh to Lettuce TD ALIGN="RIGHT"60 TR Ch. 4 The Misfortunes of Mint TD ALIGN="RIGHT"72 TR Ch. 5 The Seed of Adonis TD ALIGN="RIGHT"99 TR Ch. 6 The Lettuce of Pythagoras TD ALIGN="RIGHT"123 TR Afterword TD ALIGN="RIGHT"133 TR Notes to the Text TD ALIGN="RIGHT"147 TR Index TD ALIGN="RIGHT"195 256 pages - 7 halftones 30 graphs - 8 x 5 in Versandfertig in 2-4 Wochen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)

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Detienne, Marcel & (Trans by Janet Lloyd) & (Intro. by Jean-Pierre Vernant):
THE GARDENS OF ADONIS Spices in Greek Mythology - Paperback

1994, ISBN: 9780691001043

ID: 900484762

Princeton University Press. Near Fine. 1994. Paperback. 0691001049 . Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis-- whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resurrection marked a joyous occasion--represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. Using the analytic tools of structuralism, Detienne shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity--whose physical ineptitude led to his death in a boar hunt, after which his body was found in a lettuce patch. Contrasting the festivals of Adonis with the solemn ones dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of grain, he reveals the former as a parody and negation of the institution of marriage. Detienne considers the short-lived gardens that Athenian women planted in mockery for Adonis's festival, and explores the function of such vegetal matter as spices, mint, myrrh, cereal, and wet plants in religious practice and in a wide selection of myths. His inquiry exposes, among many things, attitudes toward sexual activities ranging from "perverse" acts to marital relations. ; Mythos: the Princeton/ Bollingen Series in World Mythology; 256 pages ., Princeton University Press, 1994

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Marcel Detienne:
The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology, Second edition - new book

ISBN: 9780691001043

ID: 978069100104

Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne''s landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer''s thesis that the vegetation god Adonis-- whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resurrection marked a joyous occasion--represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. Using the analytic tools of structuralism, Detienne shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity--whose physical ineptitude led to his death in a boar hunt, after which his body was found in a lettuce patch. Contrasting the festivals of Adonis with the solemn ones dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of grain, he reveals the former as a parody and negation of the institution of marriage. Detienne considers the short-lived gardens that Athenian women planted in mockery for Adonis''s festival, and explores the function of such vegetal matter as spices, mint, myrrh, cereal, and wet plants in religious practice and in a wide selection of myths. His inquiry exposes, among many things, attitudes toward sexual activities ranging from perverse acts to marital relations. Marcel Detienne, Books, History, The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology, Second edition Books>History, Princeton University Press

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Detienne, Marcel / Vernant, Jean Pierre / Lloyd, Janet:
The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology - used book

ISBN: 9780691001043

ID: 2543211

Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis-- whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resurrection marked a joyous occasion--represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. Using the analytic tools of structuralism, Detienne shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity--whose physical ineptitude led to his death in a boar hunt, after which his body was found in a lettuce patch. Contrasting the festivals of Adonis with the solemn ones dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of grain, he reveals the former as a parody and negation of the institution of marriage. Detienne considers the short-lived gardens that Athenian women planted in mockery for Adonis's festival, and explores the function of such vegetal matter as spices, mint, myrrh, cereal, and wet plants in religious practice and in a wide selection of myths. His inquiry exposes, among many things, attitudes toward sexual activities ranging from "perverse" acts to marital relations. The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology Detienne, Marcel / Vernant, Jean Pierre / Lloyd, Janet, Princeton University Press

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Marcel Detienne; Translator-Janet Lloyd; Introduction-Jean-Pierre Vernant:
The Gardens of Adonis - Paperback

1994, ISBN: 9780691001043

ID: 446376235

Princeton University Press, 1994-04-04. Paperback. Good., Princeton University Press, 1994-04-04