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Orpheus
Orpheus: the myth of the poet
Charles Segal
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989.
ISBN: 0801837081   DDC: 880.9351   LCC: PA3015   Edition: (alk. paper)

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 221-225.

The magic of Orpheus and the ambiguities of language -- Orpheus and
the fourth Georgic: Virgil on nature and civilization -- Ovid's
Orpheus and Augustan ideology -- Virgil and Ovid on Orpheus: a second
look -- Dissonant sympathy: song, Orpheus, and the golden age in
Seneca's tragedies -- Orpheus in Rilke: the hidden roots of being --
Orpheus from antiquity to today: retrospect and prospect.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 880.9351 -- Hellenic literatures; Classical Greek
LCC Number: PA3015

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xviii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (alk. paper)

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