The Cyclops: Portrait of an Ogre
The article highlights that Greek mythology echo in the mind as resonantly as Polyphemus, the one- eyed, cave-dwelling, human-eating, sheep-and-goat- herding ogre outwitted by the hero Odysseus on his voyage homewards from Troy to Ithaca. It also discusses that the Cyclopes come the pastoral ogres,...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 14-15 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblical archaeology
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| Further subjects: | B
NYMPHS (Greek deities)
B POLYPHEMUS (Greek mythology) B POSEIDON (Greek deity) B SEA gods B Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The article highlights that Greek mythology echo in the mind as resonantly as Polyphemus, the one- eyed, cave-dwelling, human-eating, sheep-and-goat- herding ogre outwitted by the hero Odysseus on his voyage homewards from Troy to Ithaca. It also discusses that the Cyclopes come the pastoral ogres, such as Polyphemus, whose parents are to have been the sea god Poseidon and a nymph. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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