Mixanthrôpoi : Animal-human hybrid deities in Greek religion

• Hoofdauteur: Emma Aston (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Presses universitaires de Liège 2011
• Onderwerpen: divinity; Greek mythology; ancient Greek religion; Antiguity; religion
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Many of the beings in this book - Cheiron, Pan, Acheloos, the Sirens and others - will be familiar from the narratives of Greek mythology, in which fabulous anatomies abound. However, they have never previously been studied together from a religious perspective, as recipients of cult and as members...