Cyclops : the myth and its cultural history

Cyclops : the myth and its cultural history / Mercedes Aguirre and Richard Buxton.

A Cyclops is popularly assumed to be nothing more than a flesh-eating, one-eyed monster. In an accessible and academically authoritative investigation, this book explores the depth and subtlety of their mythology and reception, from classical antiquity to the present day, to demonstrate that there i...

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Main Authors: Aguirre, Mercedes, 1956- (Author), Buxton, Richard (Richard G. A.) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cyclopes (Greek mythology)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The Cyclopes in Antiquity: Themes And Variations
  • Chapter 1: A Story
  • Chapter 2: Seven Ways to Approach a Cyclops
  • Chapter 3: Landscape
  • Chapter 4: Physique
  • Chapter 5: Lifestyle
  • Chater 6: Gods
  • Chapter 7: Names
  • Chapter 8: Love and Song
  • Chapter 9: Contexts and Overlaps
  • Part II: After Antiquity: New Life In Old Ogres
  • Chapter 10: From the Medieval to the Baroque
  • Chapter 11: The Modern Cyclops
  • Catalogue of Artistic Representations Cited
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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