Figures grecques de l'épouvante de l'antiquite au present
Subtitle: peurs enfantines et adultes
By: par Maria Patera
Series: Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature -- volume 376
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: fre
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9789004278370; 9789004283626
Subjects: Greek literature; History and criticism; Byzantine literature; Fear in literature; Children in literature; Goddesses, Greek, in literature; Ghosts in literature; Monsters in literature; Greek Mythology; Psychological aspects
Description: "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" --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-375), appendices, and index.