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ancient poetic etymology the pelopids fathers and sons
the potential of ancient greek poetic etymologizing and its reception in antiquity are analyzed with new interpretive models . the author studies poetic etymology in a holistic and integrative manner as a tool of thematic and narrative unification . select passages from homer and archaic lyric poetry provide the matrix for etymological patterns ; their validity is examined in an intertextual study of the names of pelops and his kin . this family exhibits a consistent naming system the signifiers and signifieds of its male members manifest a lexical and semantic affinity ; fathers and sons are linked with inherited linguistic and behavioral bonds . pelops is given a focal position on account of his preeminence at olympia and his polyvalent and polysemous name in which the ambiguities and polarities of his mythic and cultic identity are embedded .
hardcover franz steiner verlag wiesbaden gmbh 2007 isbn13 9783515089395 isbn10 351508939x
abridged n isbn 13 9783515089395 number in series 1 number of pages 264 publisher franz steiner verlag wiesbaden gmbh release date 62135769600000