The Cyclops: Portrait of an Ogre
Few characters from 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. As unforgettably recorded in Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey, this episod...
| Authors: | ; |
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| Format: | Electronic 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: |
The 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) |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Few characters from 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. As unforgettably recorded in Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey, this episode involves a succession of key moments: Polyphemus’s imprisoning of the Greek […] |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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