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Scylla

Myth, Metaphor, Paradox

By: Marianne Govers Hopman

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Scylla

Myth, Metaphor, Paradox

By: Marianne Govers Hopman

What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to conceptualize the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts - sea, dog and woman - whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's various components, the name is increasingly treated as a well-defined but also paradoxical construct from the late fourth century BCE onward. Proceeding through detailed analyses of Greek and Roman texts and images, Professor Hopman shows how the same name can variously express anxieties about the sea, dogs, aggressive women and shy maidens, thus offering an empirical response to the semiotic puzzle raised by non-referential proper names.

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1107026768

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9781107026766

Scylla

Myth, Metaphor, Paradox

By: Marianne Govers Hopman

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Scylla

Myth, Metaphor, Paradox

By: Marianne Govers Hopman

What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts - sea, dog and woman - whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasingly treated as a well-defined but also paradoxical construct from the late fourth century BCE onward. Proceeding through detailed analyses of Greek and Roman texts and images, Professor Hopman shows how the same name can variously express anxieties about the sea, dogs, aggressive women and shy maidens, thus offering an empirical response to the semiotic puzzle raised by non-referential proper names.

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1139851853

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9781139851855

Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy

By: Renaud Gagné,Professor Marianne Govers Hopman,Marianne Govers

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Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy

By: Renaud Gagné,Professor Marianne Govers Hopman,Marianne Govers

Analyses how the choruses of Greek tragedy creatively combined media and discourses to generate their own specific forms of meaning.

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1107059518

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9781107059511

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