N. J. Allen

Arjuna-Odysseus

Shared Heritage in Indian and Greek Epic

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Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together the study of the Greek Classics and Indology, Arjuna-Odysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mah¿bh¿rata and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 713g
• ISBN-13: 9780367260477
• ISBN-10: 0367260476
• Artikelnr.: 58342296

Autorenporträt

N. J. Allen is a social anthropologist and a retired Reader in the Social Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford, UK. His research interests are Himalayan studies, world-historical approach to kinship systems, sociology of Durkheim and more especially Mauss, and Indo-European cultural comparativism.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures. List of tables. Acknowledgements. List of abbreviations. Signs. Introduction 1. A starting point 2. Five relationships 3. Homer's simile 4. Hero and horse 5. Yoga 6. Crocodiles and nymphs 7. Monkey and dog 8. Durg
and Athena 9. Draupad
and Penelope 10. Bh
ma and Sarpedon 11. Hesiod's Succession Myth 12. Five elements 13. Rings and rotations 14. Achilles' shield 15. Dumézil and Dumont 16. Yudhi
hira and Agamemnon 17. Kauravas and suitors 18. Hanging over abyss 19. Gods descend to battlefield 20. Heroes and supercategories 21. Cyavana and Prometheus 22. Telemachy 23. Dröa and Chryses 24. A
vatth
man and the Wooden Horse. Bibliography. Index.