Ancient Greek Myth in Modern Greek Poetry : Essays in Memory of C. A. Trypanis / edited by Peter Mackridge.

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English
Published/​Created
  • Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2023]
  • ©1996
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Contents
  • Intro
  • Notes on contributors
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • From the poem 'For Constantine Trypanis'
  • The function of myth in Cretan Renaissance poetry: the cases of Achelis and Kornaros
  • The idea of the hero in ancient and nineteenth-century Greek poetry
  • Palamas and the ancient myth of the poet
  • Cavafy's mythical ephebes
  • An approach to the meaning of myth in the poetry of Sikelianos
  • Sefens and the myth of Adonis
  • Ritsos's Orestes: the politics of myth and the anarchy of rhetoric
  • Nostos and the poet's vision in Seferis and Ritsos
  • The theme of the second Odyssey in Cavafy and Sinopoulos
  • 'Helen or Penelope?' Women writers, myth and the problem of gender roles
  • Bruised necks and crumpled petticoats: What's left of myth in contemporary Greek women's poetry
  • Aphrodite at war: the wartime poetry of Embirikos, Kaknavatos, Papatsonis and Seferis
  • The changing face of Orpheus: from Greek Romanticism to the Prague Spring
  • The Prometheus myth in modem Greek poetry and drama: an outline and two examples
  • The anxiety of influence in Greek and English Poetry
  • Index of mythical characters
  • Index of authors
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ISBN
  • 1-00-340030-2
  • 1-000-89268-9
  • 1-003-40030-2
  • 1-000-89271-9
OCLC
1373985707
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