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... poetic writing is always surrounded , never the complete disappearance of the festive quality . Often indeed it is no more than a fleeting attitude of festivity which the poet assumes on a social occasion . That is not the case with ...
... poetic writing is always surrounded , never the complete disappearance of the festive quality . Often indeed it is no more than a fleeting attitude of festivity which the poet assumes on a social occasion . That is not the case with ...
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... poetic art . Where the victim of events can detect nothing more precise than the daimon , that face of the divine which manifests itself in human destiny , or a divine action in general , the poet in virtue of his special faculty and ...
... poetic art . Where the victim of events can detect nothing more precise than the daimon , that face of the divine which manifests itself in human destiny , or a divine action in general , the poet in virtue of his special faculty and ...
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... poet , a knowing which is a state of being exactly corresponding to the transparency of the world . The transparency of the world allows the divine figures of nature to shine through for the poet , as for festive man generally . The ...
... poet , a knowing which is a state of being exactly corresponding to the transparency of the world . The transparency of the world allows the divine figures of nature to shine through for the poet , as for festive man generally . The ...
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Note on the Plates Page | 2 |
The Mythological Strain in Greek Religion | 17 |
The Feast | 49 |
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Acropolis Acropolis Museum aidos ancient religion animal Apollo appear archaic Artemis aspect Athens attitude B.C. Archaeological Museum B.C. British Museum belongs bios Brauron British Museum called century B.C. British ceremony characteristic corresponding cult procedures dance death deities Delphi Demeter Dionysus divine domain eulabeia expressed fact feast Ferrara festal festive quality flamen Dialis frieze Gell goddess gods Greek and Roman Greek religion Greek religious experience Hera heroes Hesiod holy Homer hosia idea Iliad Juno Jupiter Kleophon painter knowledge laughter living meaning Munich myth mythology nature noein nomos non-existence Olympia original painter Parthenon phenomenon philosopher pietas Piraeus Plato poet presuppose primitive Prometheus realised reality Roman cult Roman religion Rome sacred sacrifice sebas sense speak sphere Spina spiritual Style Temple Terracotta Themis theoria thing Titanic Tomb underworld Valle Trebba vase painting Vatican Museum Veiovis vision Vulci W. F. Otto Wissowa word worship Zeus