Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World

• मुख्य लेखक: Lightfoot, Jessica (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Cambridge University Press 2021
• श्रृंखला: Humanities
• विषय: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: general; Literature: history & criticism; Literature & literary studies; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Greek literature and culture
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Shows that wonder and wonders constituted a central theme in Greek culture from Homer to the Hellenistic period. Argues for its importance in discussions of the purpose of philosophy and literature and in expressions of the relationships between the human and the divine and between self and other.