Les nymphes ravisseuses: Récits d'enlèvement et d'intégration en Grèce ancienne = The ravishing nymphs : Stories of Abduction and Integration in Ancient Greece
This paper re-evaluates the meaning of abduction by nymphs in Greek myths, by taking into account the myths of Calypso in the Odyssey, Hylas kidnapped by Mysian nymphs and Salmakis in Halicarnassos. A thorough analysis of ancient sources shows that this Leitmotif is the extreme declination of a spec...
| Subtitles: | The ravishing nymphs |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | French |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2021, Volume: 87, Issue: 2, Pages: 580-605 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Literature
/ Nymphs
/ Kidnapping (Motif)
/ Integration (Motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions KBK Europe (East) TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Hylas
B Nymphs (Greek deities) B Calypso B Salmakis B rapt B Abduction B Hylas (Greek mythology) B Greek Mythology B Nymphes B Calypso (Greek mythology) B Nymphs |
| Summary: | This paper re-evaluates the meaning of abduction by nymphs in Greek myths, by taking into account the myths of Calypso in the Odyssey, Hylas kidnapped by Mysian nymphs and Salmakis in Halicarnassos. A thorough analysis of ancient sources shows that this Leitmotif is the extreme declination of a specific competence of nymphs, the power of rooting individuals and communities in a certain place. From this perspective, nymphs - far from being deities 'of wild nature' - are in charge of the symbolic dimension of 'dwelling', because they create a link between mortals and the place they inhabit. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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