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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Like mother, like son? : Hermes and Maia in text and image / H.A. Shapiro -- Hermes among Pan and the nymphs on fourth-century votive reliefs / Carolyn M. Laferrière -- Hermes and Heracles / Jennifer Larson -- Hide and go seek : Hermes in Homer / Jenny Strauss Clay -- Hermes Iambicus / Andrea Capra, Cecilia Nobili -- The God and his double : Hermes as character and speaking statue in Greek comedy / Simone Beta -- Hermes/Mercury : god of comedy? / Erin K. Moodie -- Hermes in love : the erotic career of a Mercurial character / Joseph Farrell -- Lascivas Puer : Cupid, Hermes, and hymns in Ovid's Metamorphoses / Micah Young Myers -- Horace's Mercury and Mercurial Horace / S.J. Harrison -- Crossing the borders : Vergil's intertextual Mercury / Sergio Casali -- Mercury and materialism : images of Mercury and the Tabernae of Pompeii / Duncan E. MacRae -- Did Mercury build the ship of Aeneas? / Thomas Biggs -- Communicating with the divine : herms in attic vase painting / Hélène Collard -- Hermes as visible in votive inscriptions / Jenny Wallensten -- Hermes, Kyllene, Samothrace, and the sea / Sandra Blakely -- The Greek magical hymn to Hermes : syncretism or disguise? The Hellenization of Thoth in Graeco-Egyptian magical literature / Ljuba Merlina Bortolani -- Hermes and the figs : on P. Oxy. 17.2084 / Athanassios Vergados -- Rethinking Hermes : cosmic justice and proportional distributions / Nicola Reggiani -- Great Hermes : three ways toward stardom / Henk Versnel |
| Summary |
Of all the divinities of classical antiquity, the Greek Hermes (Mercury in his Roman alter ego) is the most versatile and enigmatic. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, this volume offers an overview of the myriad aspects of this elusive figure, tracking the god's footprints across the many domains in which he partakes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
"The present volume grew out of a conference, "Tracking Hermes/Mercury," held at the University of Virginia in the Spring of 2014"--Page 1 |
| Subject |
Hermes (Greek deity)
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Mercury (Roman deity)
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Hermes (Greek deity) |
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Mercury (Roman deity) |
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, John F., editor
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Clay, Jenny Strauss, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191823060 |
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0191823066 |
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9780191083112 |
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0191083119 |
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