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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

ISBN: 0691001049

[SR: 1854242], Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780691001043], Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press, Book, [PU: Princeton University Press], 1994-04-24, Princeton University Press, The Gardens of Adonis Recasts various ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. This book challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. It uses the analytic tools of structuralism and shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity. Full description, 65389011, Griechenland, 65383011, Altertum, 65140011, Geschichte, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 54682011, Religion & Esoterik, 55364011, Andere Bräuche, 55229011, Belletristik, 54683011, Bibel & Weitere Heilige Schriften, 54792011, Buddhismus, 54807011, Christentum, 55236011, Hinduismus, 55246011, Islam, 55266011, Judentum, 55219011, Naturreligionen, 55305011, New Age, 55333011, Okkultismus, 55376011, Religionswissenschaft, 55554011, Religiöse Kunst, 55398011, Spiritualität, 55354011, Weitere östliche Religionen, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher

ISBN: 0691001049

[SR: 1854242], Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9780691001043], Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press, Book, [PU: Princeton University Press], 1994-04-24, Princeton University Press, The Gardens of Adonis Recasts various ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. This book challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. It uses the analytic tools of structuralism and shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity. Full description, 65389011, Griechenland, 65383011, Altertum, 65140011, Geschichte, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 54682011, Religion & Esoterik, 55364011, Andere Bräuche, 55229011, Belletristik, 54683011, Bibel & Weitere Heilige Schriften, 54792011, Buddhismus, 54807011, Christentum, 55236011, Hinduismus, 55246011, Islam, 55266011, Judentum, 55219011, Naturreligionen, 55305011, New Age, 55333011, Okkultismus, 55376011, Religionswissenschaft, 55554011, Religiöse Kunst, 55398011, Spiritualität, 55354011, Weitere östliche Religionen, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher

ISBN: 9780691001043

Paperback, [PU: Princeton University Press], Recasts various ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. This book challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. It uses the analytic tools of structuralism and shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity., Classical History / Classical Civilisation, History Of Religion, Ancient Religions & Mythologies, Folklore, Myths & Legends

ISBN: 9780691001043

ID: 3-4992548

Spices in Greek Mythology Livre - Livre, Princeton Univ Pr