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Figures grecques de l'épouvante de l'antiquite au present [electronic resource] : peurs enfantines et adultes / par Maria Patera

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Patera, Maria
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Physical Description
xxxi, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"In Figures de l'épouvante grecques de l'antiquité au présent, Maria Patera examines an unfamiliar aspect of the Greek pedagogy of fear, illustrated by narratives about four Greek terrifying figures: Lamia, Mormô, Gellô and Empousa. These female bogeys belong to the children's world. Each of those figures provokes fear in a particular way, according to its own characteristics (metamorphosis, hybridity, cannibalism, etc.). By means of a diachronic comparison of the ancient figures with their Byzantine and modern Greek namesakes, each of them is assigned a proper position within its specific historical, cultural, and religious context" --
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9789004278370 (hardback) : acid-free paper)
9789004283626 (e-book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-375), appendices, and index.
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