The transformations of Helen

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• Professor Peter Jackson

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• Scienze sociali
• Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft : [...], Beiheft

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements I. INTRODUCTION The Prehistory of Greek Mythology and Poetics The Indo-European Heritage The “Cyclic” Tradition II. FATHER HEAVEN, HEAVEN’S DAUGHTER, AND THE DIVINE TWINS The Rape of Nemesis Shape-shifting, Rape, and Koros The Spartan Dawn Heaven’s Incest The Story of Saranyu Helen and Saranyu, eidolon and sávarna III. RETURNING HEROES Nestor, *nes, and the Nasatyas The Dioscuri as Rescuers at Sea The Story of Bhujyu and Indo-Iranian Rescue epyllia IV. EPILOGUE: THE ROOTS OF THE TROJAN CYCLE Abbreviations Bibliography

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2006

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