Ancient Greek Cosmogony
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Ancient Greek Cosmogony
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Author : Andrew Gregory
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2008-01-03
Ancient Greek Cosmogony written by Andrew Gregory and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-03 with History categories.
Ancient Greek Cosmogony is the first detailed, comprehensive account of ancient Greek theories of the origins of the world. It covers the period from 800 BC to 600 AD, beginning with myths concerning the creation of the world; the cosmogonies of all the major Greek and Roman thinkers; and the debate between Greek philosophical cosmogony and early Christian views. It argues that Greeks formulated many of the perennial problems of philosophical cosmogony and produced philosophically and scientifically interesting answers. The atomists argued that our world was one among many worlds, and came about by chance. Plato argued that it is unique, and the product of design. Empedocles and the Stoics, in quite different ways, argued that there was an unending cycle whereby the world is generated, destroyed and generated again. Aristotle on the other hand argued that there was no such thing as cosmogony, and the world has always existed. Reactions to, and developments of, these ideas are traced through Hellenistic philosophy and the debates in early Christianity on whether God created the world from nothing or from some pre-existing chaos. The book examines issues of the origins of life and the elements for the ancient Greeks, and how the cosmos will come to an end. It argues that there were several interesting debates between Greek philosophers on the fundamental principles of cosmogony, and that these debates were influential on the development of Greek philosophy and science.
When The Gods Were Born
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Author : Carolina López-Ruiz
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2010-06-15
When The Gods Were Born written by Carolina López-Ruiz and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with History categories.
"With admirable erudition, Lopez-Ruiz brings to life intimacies and exchanges between the ancient Greeks and their Northwest Semitic neighbors, portraying the ancient Mediterranean as a fluid, dynamic contact zone. She explains networks of circulation, shows creative uses of traditional material by peoples in motion, and radically transforms our understanding of ancient cosmogonies."---Page duBois, author of Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks --
Heaven And Earth In Ancient Greek Cosmology
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Author : Dirk L. Couprie
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-03-23
Heaven And Earth In Ancient Greek Cosmology written by Dirk L. Couprie and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-23 with Science categories.
In Miletus, about 550 B.C., together with our world-picture cosmology was born. This book tells the story. In Part One the reader is introduced in the archaic world-picture of a flat earth with the cupola of the celestial vault onto which the celestial bodies are attached. One of the subjects treated in that context is the riddle of the tilted celestial axis. This part also contains an extensive chapter on archaic astronomical instruments. Part Two shows how Anaximander (610-547 B.C.) blew up this archaic world-picture and replaced it by a new one that is essentially still ours. He taught that the celestial bodies orbit at different distances and that the earth floats unsupported in space. This makes him the founding father of cosmology. Part Three discusses topics that completed the new picture described by Anaximander. Special attention is paid to the confrontation between Anaxagoras and Aristotle on the question whether the earth is flat or spherical, and on the battle between Aristotle and Heraclides Ponticus on the question whether the universe is finite or infinite.
The Terminology Of Ancient Greek Cosmogonies
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Author : MIHAIL-GEORGE HÂNCU
language : ro
Publisher: Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-01
The Terminology Of Ancient Greek Cosmogonies written by MIHAIL-GEORGE HÂNCU and has been published by Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
Volumul de față își propune să demonstreze că orice discuție privitoare la cosmogoniile presocratice trebuie să se refere atât la teogonii, cât și la cosmogoniile de factură filosofică, de vreme ce procesele lingvistice folosite în descrierea începutului universului rămân, totuși, aceleași. Primele încercări de a crea termeni specifici se pot găsi chiar la autori timpurii precum Homer sau orficii; pe de altă parte, procesul de hipocogniție funcționează la fel de bine și la autorii de teogonii, și la filosofi, care plăsmuiesc nenumărate variante ale metaforei nașterii sau chiar creează metafore complet originale, toate având același scop: să le facă teoriile cât mai limpezi cu putință. Dreptatea cosmică a lui Anaximandru, tichia de pâslă a lui Anaximene, flacăra lui Heraclit, răscrucea lui Parmenide, versurile lui Empedocle și semințele lui Anaxagora – fiecare dintre ele reprezintă câte un pas important în lunga călătorie de la nașterea zeilor până la întrebarea metafizică „oare cum se poate naște ceva?”.
Greek Mythology And Religion
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Greek Mythology And Religion written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Goddesses, Greek categories.
"A study of ancient Greek mythology and religion" --Amazon.com.
Monsters In Greek Literature
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Author : Fiona Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-30
Monsters In Greek Literature written by Fiona Mitchell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-30 with History categories.
Monsters in Greek literature are often thought of as creatures which exist in mythological narratives, however, as this book shows, they appear in a much broader range of ancient sources and are used in creation narratives, ethnographic texts, and biology to explore the limits of the human body and of the human world. This book provides an in-depth examination of the role of monstrosity in ancient Greek literature. In the past, monsters in this context have largely been treated as unimportant or analysed on an individual basis. By focusing on genres rather than single creatures, the book provides a greater understanding of how monstrosity and abnormal bodies are used in ancient sources. Very often ideas about monstrosity are used as a contrast against which to examine the nature of what it is to be human, both physically and behaviourally. This book focuses on creation narratives, ethnographic writing, and biological texts. These three genres address the origins of the human world, its spatial limits, and the nature of the human body; by examining monstrosity in these genres we can see the ways in which Greek texts construct the space and time in which people exist and the nature of our bodies. This book is aimed primarily at scholars and students undertaking research, not only those with an interest in monstrosity, but also scholars exploring cultural representations of time (especially the primordial and mythological past), ancient geography and ethnography, and ancient philosophy and science. As the representation of monsters in antiquity was strongly influential on medieval, renaissance, and early modern images and texts, this book will also be relevant to people researching these areas.
Cosmos Of The Ancients
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Author : Stefan Stenudd
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-09-09
Cosmos Of The Ancients written by Stefan Stenudd and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-09 with categories.
The philosophers of Ancient Greece lived in a time when the gods were worshipped and the myths about them very much alive. They were generally regarded as accurate and there was no scientific evidence at hand to dismiss them. So, were they believed? This book explores to what extent the Greeks were able to question their own mythology. This is done by examining the cosmology of their philosophers and what roles they allowed therein for the gods - as much as possible according to their own words. To the philosophers, the quest to understand the world was neither made redundant by the mythology nor completely independent of it. If they were able to express doubts regarding the gods as well as the myths about them, and many of them certainly were, then their contemporaries must have been able to grasp the same. The Greeks were devoted to their mythology, but not all of them blindly so. Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, who specializes on studies of the patterns of thought in creation myths.
Anaximander And The Origins Of Greek Cosmology
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Author : Charles H. Kahn
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Anaximander And The Origins Of Greek Cosmology written by Charles H. Kahn and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
Through criticism and analysis of ancient traditions, Kahn reconstructs the pattern of Anaximander's thought using historical methods akin to the reconstructive techniques of comparative linguists.
Greek And Egyptian Mythologies
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Author : Yves Bonnefoy
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1992-11-15
Greek And Egyptian Mythologies written by Yves Bonnefoy and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-11-15 with Religion categories.
The seventy-two entries in this volume explore, among other topics, the history, geography, and religion of Greece, Plato's mythology and philosophy, the powers of marriage in Greece, heroes and gods of war in the Greek epic, and origins of mankind in Greek myths. Ancient Egyptian cosmology, anthropology, rituals, and religion—closely linked to Greek mythology—are also discussed. "In a world that remains governed by powerful myths, we must deepen our understanding of ourselves and others by considering more carefully the ways in which the mythological systems to which we cling and social institutions and movements to which we are committed nourish each other. Yves Bonnefoy's Mythologies not only summarizes the progress that has already been made toward this end, but also lays the foundation for the difficult work that lies ahead."—Mark C. Taylor, New York Times Book Review "The almost 100 contributors combine, with characteristic precision and élan, the arts of science and poetry, of analysis and translation. The result is a treasury of information, brilliant guesswork, witty asides, and revealing digressions. This is a work of genuine and enduring excitement."—Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian cience Monitor
Cosmology And Biology In Ancient Philosophy
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Author : Ricardo Salles
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-10
Cosmology And Biology In Ancient Philosophy written by Ricardo Salles and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-10 with Philosophy categories.
Explores ancient biology and cosmology as two sciences that shed light on one another in their goals and methods.