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Homer provides an enormous challenge to the student; the potentialities of these lengthy texts are legion and the scholarship vast. The author has relied upon her knowledge of symbolic discourse to make a fresh study of the Odyssey, prioritising early neighbouring religions, their mythology, and shamanic practice. The latter has yielded particularly rich material concerning the axis of the world (axis mundi) as a route to the stars and the world of the gods. Man's shared experience of the nig...

Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature. --- Cosmology, Ancient, in literature. --- Cosmology, Ancient. --- Ancient cosmology --- Odysseus, --- In literature.

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Cosmology, Ancient, in literature --- Epic poetry, Classical --- Mythology, Classical, in literature --- History and criticism

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In this study, Uhlfelder (recently deceased) argues convincingly that, in portraying his literary persona as an exemplum of man in his quest for self-knowledge, Boethius has made the whole Consolatio a cosmic image representing man as microcosm. The mental faculties of sensus, imaginatio, ratio, and intellegentia are arranged as a proportion suggesting both Plato’s famous “divided line” at the end of Book 6 of the Republic and, at the same time, the four elements of the physical cosmos which, according to the Platonic Timaeus, are connected with one another so as to form a geometrical proportion. The philosophical argument of the Consolatio in books II through V comprises another cosmic image with III. M.9 at its exact center; in addition, the other three cosmic depictions, revolving as concentric circles around III. M.9, may be viewed as forming an image of cosmic order. In its structure, then, Boethius’ work is an anagogic eikon which formally depicts its content.

Microcosm and macrocosm in literature. --- Cosmology, Ancient, in literature. --- Cosmology, Medieval, in literature. --- Order in literature. --- Boethius,

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Latin wit and humor --- Mythology, Classical, in literature. --- Cosmology, Ancient, in literature. --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Metamorphosis in literature. --- Latin language --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Style. --- Ovid, --- Literary style.

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This book investigates the cosmological context of Pindar’s victory odes, and how it influences his presentation of praise. The study first focuses on gnomai as a reflection of cosmology, using these sayings to establish the views the poems reveal on matters such as the divine, the human condition and man in society. This overview is complemented by detailed literary analyses demonstrating how cosmology functions in individual odes. They show that Pindar shapes the poet persona to emphasize different aspects of the traditional world view or represent varying viewpoints so that he can praise each victor according to his particular circumstances. By focusing on cosmology the book highlights a neglected dimension of Pindar’s odes and challenges some traditional views on this poet.

Cosmology, Ancient, in literature. --- Praise in literature. --- Literatura grega clássica. --- Poesia lírica. --- Pindar --- PÍndaro --- Pindarus --- Pindare --- Píndaro --- Pindaros --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Cosmology, Ancient, in literature --- Praise in literature --- Pindaro --- Πίνδαρος --- Greek poetry --- Odes, Greek --- Cosmologie antique dans la littérature --- Eloges dans la littérature --- Poésie grecque --- Odes grecques --- Themes, motives. --- History and criticism --- Thèmes, motifs --- Histoire et critique --- Pindar. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Pindar - Criticism and interpretation