This article aims at exploring the imperfect and deformed anthropomorphism of three different divine figures: two of them are evoked in the Homeric poems and the third one in Herodotus work. They are: Ate, the blind madness, who confuses people with disastrous consequences; the Litai, who are the implorations always prepared to follow Ate; and finally Horkos’ son, Oath’s child who condemns perjurers to oblivion. All these divine figures are characterised by their physical deformations or weaknesses, which, when analysed closely, reveal themselves to be a mark of their power. Scholars usually group these types of figures together under the label “personifications”. However, this term is not an etic definition of a specific category of divine...
This article tries to show that in Aristophanes the paradoxical status of the gods - who are both re...
This article tries to show that in Aristophanes the paradoxical status of the gods - who are both re...
Touching the Gods : Rituals, Sensory Experience and ‘ Physical’ Interactions with the Divine in the ...
This article aims at exploring the imperfect and deformed anthropomorphism of three different divine...
International audienceStarting with the parallelism between Aphrodite’s girdle and the aegis, and ta...
International audienceStarting with the parallelism between Aphrodite’s girdle and the aegis, and ta...
International audienceStarting with the parallelism between Aphrodite’s girdle and the aegis, and ta...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
The Anatolian Components of Dionysos' Myth and Personality Different myths concerning Dionysos ten...
This article tries to show that in Aristophanes the paradoxical status of the gods - who are both re...
This article tries to show that in Aristophanes the paradoxical status of the gods - who are both re...
Touching the Gods : Rituals, Sensory Experience and ‘ Physical’ Interactions with the Divine in the ...
This article aims at exploring the imperfect and deformed anthropomorphism of three different divine...
International audienceStarting with the parallelism between Aphrodite’s girdle and the aegis, and ta...
International audienceStarting with the parallelism between Aphrodite’s girdle and the aegis, and ta...
International audienceStarting with the parallelism between Aphrodite’s girdle and the aegis, and ta...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
International audienceA well-known opposition used by a number of scholars classifies the different ...
The Anatolian Components of Dionysos' Myth and Personality Different myths concerning Dionysos ten...
This article tries to show that in Aristophanes the paradoxical status of the gods - who are both re...
This article tries to show that in Aristophanes the paradoxical status of the gods - who are both re...
Touching the Gods : Rituals, Sensory Experience and ‘ Physical’ Interactions with the Divine in the ...