Barbara Graziosi
Auteur de The Gods of Olympus: A History
A propos de l'auteur
Barbara Graziosi is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Durham.
Crédit image: www.dur.ac.uk/barbara.graziosi/
Œuvres de Barbara Graziosi
Homer in the Twentieth Century: Between World Literature and the Western Canon (Classical Perspectives) (2007) — Directeur de publication — 15 exemplaires
Tombs of the Ancient Poets: Between Literary Reception and Material Culture (2018) — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Homer: Iliad Book VI (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (2010) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions — 23 exemplaires
Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion (Cambridge Classical Studies) (2016) — Contributeur — 9 exemplaires
HOMER, TRAGEDY AND BEYOND Essays in Honour of P. E. Easterling. (2001) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century (2018) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Graziosi, Barbara
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Italy
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Italy
- Lieu de naissance
- Trieste, Italy
- Études
- Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Magdalene College, Cambridge - Professions
- Professor of Classics at Princeton University
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- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 329
- Popularité
- #72,116
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 38
- Langues
- 5
More convincing was the way the Romans adopted the pantheon as an astute and meticulous diplomatic strategy. Ditto, Alexander the Great.
One sparkling moment in the story was when Mark Anthony summoned Cleopatra after (her lover) Julius Caesar’s murder. Cleopatra sailed to Tarsus
The source of this durability appears to be that the Ancient Greek pantheon, as described by poets, does not distinguish between cosmic principles, anthropomorphic deities, material realities, or even allegory and metaphor. The Greek gods gained new prominence through Arabic astronomy. Truth can be extracted where necessary or, for the Christians, who turned these gods into pagan demons, truth can reside separately. Remarkably, the ability to shape-shift installed Jupiter in the guise of a monk on Giotto’s campanile in Florence. Here we can appreciate Graziozi’s remarkable scholarship in tracing how the Greek gods survived beyond the demise of their worshippers.
Even today, the pantheon is alive and as relevant to the urge for story-telling and artistic expression as it has always been. Hard to ignore David Malouf's [b:Ransom|6460814|Ransom|David Malouf|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1241983288l/6460814._SY75_.jpg|6651239] and Mary Renault's [b:The King Must Die|39359728|The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)|Mary Renault|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1521860840l/39359728._SY75_.jpg|2758229], Madeline Miller’s [b:The Song of Achilles|13623848|The Song of Achilles|Madeline Miller|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357177533l/13623848._SY75_.jpg|16176791] and Circe.… (plus d'informations)