TY - GEN T1 - Wonder and the Marvellous from Homer to the Hellenistic World A1 - Lightfoot, Jessica LA - eng PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2022 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/doab-20.500.12854-90869 AB - Shows that wonder and wonders constituted a central theme in Greek culture from Homer to the Hellenistic period. Argues for its importance in discussions of the purpose of philosophy and literature and in expressions of the relationships between the human and the divine and between self and other. SN - 9781009003551 SN - 9781316518830 SN - 9781009009140 KW - Greek literature and culture KW - thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval KW - thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general KW - thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism KW - thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies KW - thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history ER -