Aristomenes of Messene legends of Sparta's nemesis
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Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Swansea Oakville
The Classical Press of Wales Distributor in the United States of America, David Brown Book Co.
2004
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction: Aristomenes, greatest glory of Messenia
- 1. Pausanias' account of the Aristomenes legend
- 2. The Aristomenes legend as popular tradition
- 3. From Achilles to Aesop: the nature and character of Aristomenes
- 4. Aristomenes loses his shield
- 5. Aristomenes in and out of the underworld
- 6. Aristomenes and the mysteries
- 7. Aristomenes, Aristodemus and the hairy heart
- 8. Aristomenes and history
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Aristomenes in the Messeniaca of Rhianus of Bene
- Appendix 2: The reconstruction of the Aristomenes tradition from Tyrtaeus to Stephanus of Byzantium
- Appendix 3: Unfinished tales - the Nachleben of Aristomenes in English literature and The Arabian Nights