Aphrodite and Eros the development of erotic mythology in early Greek poetry and cult

• Main Author: Breitenberger, Barbara M.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge c2007
• Series: Studies in classics
• Subjects: Ελληνική ποίηση > Ιστορία και κριτική; Αφροδίτη (Θεά) στη λογοτεχνία; Ερωτική ποίηση, Ελληνική > Ιστορία και κριτική; Έρως (Θεός) στη λογοτεχνία

Table of 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