Islands in the sky the four-dimensional journey of Odysseus through space and time /
Homer provides an enormous challenge to the student; the potentialities of these lengthy texts are legion and the scholarship vast. The author has relied upon her knowledge of symbolic discourse to make a fresh study of the Odyssey, prioritising early neighbouring religions, their mythology, and sha...
| Основен автор: | Hammond, Rose. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=531975 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Islands in the Sky : The Four-Dimensional Journey of Odysseus through Space and Time. |
| Резюме: |
Homer provides an enormous challenge to the student; the potentialities of these lengthy texts are legion and the scholarship vast. The author has relied upon her knowledge of symbolic discourse to make a fresh study of the Odyssey, prioritising early neighbouring religions, their mythology, and shamanic practice. The latter has yielded particularly rich material concerning the axis of the world (axis mundi) as a route to the stars and the world of the gods. Man's shared experience of the nig ... |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxvii, 378 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: |
1443845388 9781443845380 |