Aphrodite Eros The Development of Erotic Mythology in Early Greek Poetry and Cult 1st Edition by Barbara Breitenberger 0415968232 9780415968232

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ISBN 10: 0415968232

ISBN 13: 9780415968232

Author: Barbara Breitenberger

This book offers a groundbreaking revision of the popular image of Aphrodite and Eros that lives on in Roman poetry (Venus and Cupid) and has inspired artists for centuries. An interdisciplinary analysis of the Archaic period – using literary, iconographical, and cultic evidence – shows the distinct concept behind the two deities of love. Aphrodite’s character, sphere of influence, and function feature in her traditional myths and are well reflected in cult. Eros, however, was not yet a similarly personified mythical figure at that stage, nor did he have an individual cult. Breitenberger follows the different stages of the development of Eros’s personality. Originally a cosmic entity and an unpersonified aspect of Aphrodite, he was given his mythical identity by successive archaic lyric poets who were particularly keen to mythologize a male counterpart to the established love-goddess Aphrodite. This male love-god turns out to be the divinized homoerotic ideal of the male aristocracy ‘worshipped’ at their symposia. The development of the male love-god is taken as an example to demonstrate that poets’ artistic innovation as well as their social and historical background played an important role in creating Greek mythology.

Aphrodite Eros The Development of Erotic Mythology in Early Greek Poetry and Cult 1st Table of contents:

Chapter One Aphrodite: The Historical Background

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Origins of Aphrodite

1.3 Cultic and Literary Evidence for the Near-Eastern Origins of Aphrodite Οὐρανία

1.4 The Myth of Aphrodite Οὐρανία

1.5 Ishtar-Astarte and Aphrodite in Iconography

1.6 Aphrodite and Doves

1.7 Aphrodite and Dione

1.8 Conclusion

Chapter Two Some Aspects of Mythmaking and Cults of Aphrodite

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Divine Manifestations

2.3 Cultic Features and Epic Narrative

2.4 Aphrodite Πάνδημος in Attic Myth and Cult

2.5 Cults of Aphrodite Πάνδημος and Their Worshippers

2.6 Aphrodite Πάνδημος and the Magistrates

2.7 Aphrodite and Her Companions in Cult

2.8 Myths of Aphrodite and Harmonia

2.9 Conclusion

Chapter Three Losing Her Own Game: Aphrodite in the Homeric Hymn

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The Background: Cultic Elements in the Hymn

3.3 The Mythical Narration: A Love Story

3.4 The Representation of Aphrodite: Adornment Scenes, Epiphanies and Their Cultic Background

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter Four Erotic Personifications

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Personification: Concepts and Contents

4.3 Personified and Olympian Deities

4.4 The Origins of Erotic Personifications: Magical Love Spells and Charms of Aphrodite

4.5 The Visualization of the Personifications on Aphrodite’s κεστὸς ἱμάς

4.6 The Workings of Aphrodite’s Magical Accessory

4.7 Love and Sleep

4.8 Conclusion

Chapter Five Goddesses of Grace and Beauty: the Charites

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The Charites in Epic

5.3 The Charites as Cult Goddesses

5.4 Conclusion

Chapter Six Peitho: the Power of Persuasion

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Non-Erotic Connotations of Peitho

6.3 Peitho in Epic Erotic Contexts

6.4 Peitho in Sappho’s Poems

6.5 Peitho in Pindar’s 4th Pythian Ode

6.6 Peitho’s Servants in Pindar FR. 122

6.7 Conclusion

Chapter Seven The Origins of Eros

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Evidence for Eros as a Cult Figure in the Archaic and Classical Period

7.3 The Meanings of the Phenomenon ἔρως in Epic and Early Lyric Poetry

7.4 The Peculiarity of Hesiod’s Conception of Eros

7.5 Hesiod and the Cosmological Tradition

7.6 The God of Love and the Cosmic Principle: Two Different Traditions?

7.7 Eros-Genealogies as a Proof for a Complex (and Non-Cultic) Origin

7.8 Conclusion

Chapter Eight The Creation and Birth of Eros at the Symposium

8.1 Introduction

8.2 The “Personal Element” in Lyric Poetry

8.3 Context and Performers of Choral Lyric

8.4 Context and Performance of Monodic Lyric

8.5 Relevant Aspects of Sympotic History

8.6 The Court of Polycrates of Samos and the Poetry of Ibycus and Anacreon

8.7 Conclusion

Chapter Nine Some Final Conclusions

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Appendix Figure 1

Appendix Figure 2

Bibliography

Principal Texts

Collections of Fragments, Papyri, and Scholia

Collections of Inscriptions

Dictionaries, Grammars, and Lexica

Modern Studies

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