Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture is the first comprehensive survey of the history of divine epiphany as presented in the literary and epigraphic narratives of the Greek-speaking world. Cover -- Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and...
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Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture is the first comprehensive survey of the history of divine epiphany as presented in the literary and epigraphic narratives of the Greek-speaking world. Cover -- Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- A note on transliteration -- Introduction -- What is an epiphany? -- Status quaestionis: a brief history of epiphany -- Scope and methodology -- The book at a glance -- The god within: divine presence and absence -- 1: Divine morphology -- Anthropomorphic epiphany: exploring the tension between the human and the divine body -- Enacted epiphany: humans playing gods -- Effigies epiphany: gods in the form of their cult images -- Cult statues animated by the gods -- Cult statues animated in the eyes of their beholders -- Viewing divine images entails the same dangers and challenges as viewing gods in person -- Phasma epiphany -- Pars pro toto epiphany: gods in fractions -- Honey is for honeysweet poetry, bees are for honeysweet Muses -- Dionysus is for wine, Demeter and Kore is for wheat, bread, and flour -- Zoomorphic epiphany: animal-like gods -- Avian epiphanies? -- Reptilian epiphanies -- Bovine epiphanies -- Amorphous epiphany: epiphanies as manifestations of power -- Synopsis -- 2: Epiphanies in crisis -- Battle epiphanies -- Trojan wars: fighting amongst and against Panhellenic gods -- The Persian wars: fighting among and against local heroes -- Marathon -- Artemision -- Salamis -- Plataea -- The Gallic wars: fighting among local gods of potential Panhellenic radiance -- Siege epiphanies -- `Whilst seeking Athena´s help, move your own hands too´ -- Look at the bright side of war! The illuminating epiphanies of Artemis, Hecate, and Parthenos -- Zeus in arms -- Synopsis -- Epiphanic stratagems or stratagematic epiphanies? -- Aristomenes on how to stage a Dioscuri epiphany -- Archidamos´ staging of a Dioscuri epiphany -- Aristomenes´ epiphany and Herakles´ pars pro toto quasi-epiphany.
