Descript |
x, 296 p. : ill. |
Contents |
Aphrodite : the historical background -- Some aspects of mythmaking and cults of Aphrodite -- Losing her own game : Aphrodite in the Homeric hymn -- Erotic personifications -- Goddesses of grace and beauty : the charites -- Peitho : the power of persuasion -- The origins of Eros -- The creation and birth of Eros at the symposium -- Some final conclusions. |
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