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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Graziosi, Barbara.     Subjects     Gods, Greek.     Goddesses, Greek.     Civilization -- Greek influences.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Graziosi, Barbara.       by title:      The gods of Olympus ...         MARC Display

The gods of Olympus : a history / Barbara Graziosi. by Graziosi, Barbara. New York : Metropolitan Books, 2014. Subjects Gods, Greek.   Goddesses, Greek.   Civilization -- Greek influences. ISBN:  9780805091571 (hardback) : 0805091572 (hardback) Description:  x, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Part I. Birth: Archaic Greece -- Part II. Dialogue: Classical Athens -- Part III. Travel: Hellenistic Egypt -- Part IV. Translation: the Roman Empire -- Part V. Disguise: Christianity and Islam -- Part VI. Born again: the Renaissance. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just plain silly. Yet for all their foibles and flaws, they proved to be tough survivors, far outlasting classical Greece itself. In Egypt, the Olympian gods claimed to have given birth to pharaohs; in Rome, they led respectable citizens into orgiastic rituals of drink and sex. Under Christianity and Islam they survived as demons, allegories, and planets; and in the Renaissance, they triumphantly emerged as ambassadors of a new, secular belief in humanity. Their geographic range, too, has been little short of astounding: in their exile, the gods of Olympus have traveled east to the walls of cave temples in China, and west to colonize the Americas. They snuck into Italian cathedrals, haunted Nietzsche, and visited Borges in his restless dreams. In a lively, original history, Barbara Graziosi offers the first account to trace the wanderings of these protean deities through the millennia. Drawing on a wide range of literary and archaeological sources, The Gods of Olympus opens a new window on the ancient world and its lasting influence"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 292.211 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 292.211 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 292.211 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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