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Marcel Detienne, Janet Lloyd, Jean-Pierre Vernant:
The Gardens of Adonis - Paperback

1994, ISBN: 0691001049

[SR: 2137520], Paperback, [EAN: 9780691001043], Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press, Book, [PU: Princeton University Press], 1994-04-24, Princeton University Press, 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., 4880, Greece, 4873, Ancient Civilizations, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 6343238011, New Age, Mythology & Occult, 6343224011, Religious, 5035, World, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 297517, Fairy Tales, 5391238011, Mythology & Folk Tales, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 12599, Mythology, 5391238011, Mythology & Folk Tales, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 12762, Agnosticism, 12764, Atheism, 12279, Buddhism, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 12506, Hinduism, 12522, Islam, 12540, Judaism, 12489, Literature & Fiction, 12621, New Age & Spirituality, 12689, Occult & Paranormal, 12735, Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts, 12761, Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts, 1873, Religious Art, 12779, Religious Studies, 12809, Worship & Devotion, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11256, Folklore & Mythology, 11232, Social Sciences, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11242, Archaeology, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 684268011, Ancient, 468230, History, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books, 468234, Religious Studies, 491436, Buddhism, 491438, Christianity, 684281011, Comparative Religion, 491442, Islam, 491444, Judaism, 491446, Religious History, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books, 468214, Social Sciences, 491448, Anthropology, 491450, Archaeology, 491452, Criminology, 491460, Gay & Lesbian Studies, 491458, Gender Studies, 491454, Geography, 684299011, Military Sciences, 491464, Political Science, 491490, Psychology, 491478, Sociology, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books

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Marcel Detienne, J.-P. Vernant, Janet Lloyd:
The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology) - Paperback

ISBN: 0691001049

[SR: 962515], Paperback, [EAN: 9780691001043], Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press, Book, [PU: Princeton University Press], Princeton University Press, xli + 199 pp, card, 8vo, 271649, Greece, 271237, Ancient History & Civilisation, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 12447591031, Greece, 271480, Europe, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 771718, World History, 12447629031, Civilisation & Culture, 12447630031, Cold War, 278066, Discovery & Exploration, 772016, Maritime History & Piracy, 275899, Revolutions & Coups, 772066, Slavery, 276593, Women in History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 909484, Garden Styles, 909488, Cottage Gardens, 909486, Dry & Shade Gardens, 909492, Sensory & Therapeutic Gardens, 909490, Urban Gardens, 271794, Water Features & Ponds, 271791, Wildlife Gardening, 271745, Gardening, 64, Home & Garden, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 275605, Antiquities, 275604, Mythology, 61, Mind, Body & Spirit, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 275612, Folklore, 275604, Mythology, 61, Mind, Body & Spirit, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 772028, History, 277266, Christianity, 58, Religion & Spirituality, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 277538, Ancient European & Mediterranean Religions, 277511, Other Religions, 58, Religion & Spirituality, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 4119261, Academic Sociology, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276457, Folklore, 496628, Customs & Folklore, 276412, Anthropology, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 276522, Sociology, 496634, Family & Social Groups, 276303, Law & Disorder, 496644, Methodology & Research, 276447, Population & Demography, 276482, Social Issues, 276530, Sociological Theories, 496640, Sociology of Work, 276411, Social Sciences, 60, Society, Politics & Philosophy, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books

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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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Marcel Detienne:
The Gardens of Adonis : Spices in Greek Mythology - used book

ISBN: 0691001049

ID: 5767210

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. ancient,archaeology,fairy tales,folklore and mythology,greece,history,humanities,literature and fiction,mythology,mythology and folk tales Religious Studies, 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