Sarah V. Graham (Independent Researcher, Wolfson College, Universit

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In Search of the Dioskouroi. Image, Myth and Cult

A 'periegesis'

Beschreibung

This book re-examines the Greek Dioskouroi, Kastor and Polydeukes, exploring their roles in image, myth, and cult. Case studies focus on their homelands in myth â Sparta, Messene, and Argos â and areas where Greek mariners sought their protection. Findings suggest that, for the Greeks, the term â Dioskouroiâ may have held a specific votive meaning.

Autor

Sarah V. Graham (nee Fraenkel) holds a Master's degree and a Doctorate in Classical Archaeology from the University of Oxford, where she studied Ancient Greek vase-painting with Professor Donna Kurtz. Her first degree was in Modern History from the University of Edinburgh. She also undertook postgraduate research at Oxford in eighteenth-century French history under the late Professor Richard Cobb before embarking on a career in Government, including a spell as a Director in the then Prime Minister's Strategy Unit at No.10. Subsequently she was the founding Chair of a social enterprise employing people who had been in prison. She has been drawn afresh to academic study by a love of Greece, ancient and modern. She currently lives and works in Oxford, where she is an associate member of Wolfson College and co-directed its Ancient World Research Cluster.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archaeopress
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 245mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9781803278230
• ISBN-10: 1803278234
• Artikelnr.: 73370155