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Imagining Telephus - Martina Delucchi

Imagining Telephus

A Greek Myth Across Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean
Buch | Hardcover
XI, 227 Seiten
2024
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-134989-3 (ISBN)
CHF 167,90 inkl. MwSt
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Telephus, son of Heracles and king of Mysia, was a key figure in the Trojan War. Both enemy and ally of the Achaeans, he fought against them, was wounded and then cured by Achilles, and led Agamemnon's army to Troy. This book is the first comprehensive study on his myth. It investigates fragmentary artefacts and texts, offers new readings and interpretations, and frames the evidence in its socio-political, historical, and cultural contexts. What results is a view of an ever-changing myth embedded in diverse cultural milieux, a product and a catalyst of cross-cultural exchanges, and an instrument of soft power. After assessing the sources, this book provides a contextual history of the myth, from the seventh to the first centuries BC, paying particular attention to cultural contacts in the context of migratory movements and consequent hybridisation of different social and cultural systems; repurposing and remodelling of cultural products to follow specific agendas; cultural policy and propaganda enforced through mass media and used as soft power; and more besides. All texts are translated and thus fully accessible to readers interested in myth, migration studies, cross-cultural studies, cultural history, and literary criticism.

Martina Delucchi, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.12.2024
Reihe/Serie Sozomena ; 22
Zusatzinfo 10 b/w and 11 col. ill.
Verlagsort Berlin/Boston
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 230 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
Schlagworte Cultural History • Kulturgeschichte • Literary criticism • Literaturkritik • Mythologie • Mythology
ISBN-10 3-11-134989-6 / 3111349896
ISBN-13 978-3-11-134989-3 / 9783111349893
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