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1 online resource (pages cm.) |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""List of Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1 “THE ABDUCTION OF THE BEAUTIFUL WIFEâ€? AS INTERNATIONAL TALE""; ""Â1 Typology in Folklore Studies""; ""Â2 The Concept of Type""; ""Â3 The Motif""; ""Â4 The Emic and the Etic""; ""Â5 From the Emic to the Etic: A Yupik Folktale""; ""Â6 The Deconstructive Point of View""; ""Â7 Variant and Version""; ""Â8 The Ontological Point of View""; ""Â9 The Historical Basis of an Ontology of the Type""; ""Â10 How Old Are Folktales?"" |
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""Â10.1 Proverb and Fable: Oral Wisdom Literature in Antiquity""""Â11 Morphology and Structuralism""; ""Â12 Typological Status of “The Abduction of the Beautiful Wifeâ€?""; ""Â13 Motifs of “The Abduction of the Beautiful Wifeâ€?""; ""Â13.1 Birth or Origin""; ""Â13.1.1 Swan Maiden""; ""Â13.2 Childhood and Marriage""; ""Â13.3 Perilous Beauty of the Wife""; ""Â13.4 Abductor""; ""Â13.5 Abduction""; ""Â13.6 Recovery""; ""Â13.7 Fate of the Abductor""; ""Â13.8 Reunion of Husband and Wife""; ""Â13.8.1 Orpheus""; ""Â14 The Syntagma""; ""Â15 Methodological Reflections"" |
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""2 DIOSCURI""""Â1 Introduction""; ""Â2 The Abduction of Helen by Theseus and PeirithoÃ?s""; ""Â3 Indo-European Cognates""; ""Â4 The Caucasus""; ""Â5 The Baltic Egg""; ""Â6 Cults of Helen and the Dioscuri""; ""Â7 The Name Helen and the Nature of Names""; ""Â8 An Indo-European “Abductionâ€?""; ""Â8.1 The Abduction in Indo-European Epic""; ""Â8.2 The Three Functions of Georges Dumézil and Trojan Myth""; ""Â9 The Indo-European “Abductionâ€? and the Question of Origins""; ""Â10 Conclusion""; ""3 HELEN MYTH""; ""Â1 Parentage, Birth, Siblings""; ""Â2 Childhood"" |
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""Â3 Wooing of Helen and Marriage to Menelaus""""Â4 Motherhood""; ""Â5 Paris""; ""Â6 Abduction""; ""Â6.1 The Abduction in Art""; ""Â7 Consequences in Sparta of Helenâ€?s Abduction""; ""Â8 Stay in Egypt and EidÅ?lon""; ""Â9 Helen at Troy""; ""Â10 Recovery of Helen by Menelaus""; ""Â10.1 The Trojan Horse""; ""Â10.2 Helenâ€?s Role in Her Recovery""; ""Â10.3 Menelausâ€?s Unhappy and Happy Reunions with Helen""; ""Â10.4 Helen Bares Her Breasts?""; ""Â10.5 Himation""; ""Â10.6 To the Ships, with His Hand on Her Wrist""; ""Â10.7 Reflections on the Reunions"" |
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""Â11 Return of Menelaus and Helen to Sparta""""Â12 After the Return""; ""Â13 Death of Helen""; ""Â14 Comparison of Myth of Helen with “Abductionâ€? Type""; ""4 HYPOSTASES OF HELEN""; ""Â1 The Cult at Platanistas""; ""Â2 Helen Dendritis""; ""Â3 Cult at TherapnÄ?""; ""Â3.1 Herodotusâ€?s Designation of Helen: “the goddessâ€? (ή Î?εόÏ?, 6.61.3)""; ""Â4 Conclusion on Cults""; ""Â5 The Cults and the Indo-European Goddess""; ""Â6 Helen as Fictional""; ""Â7 The Discovery of a Real Helen""; ""Â7.1 Self Ancient and Modern""; ""Â7.2 The Discovery of the Personality of Helen"" |
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It's a familiar story: a beautiful woman is abducted and her husband journeys to recover her. This story's best-known incarnation is also a central Greek myth-the abduction of Helen that led to the Trojan War. Stealing Helen surveys a vast range of folktales and texts exhibiting the story pattern of the abducted beautiful wife and makes a detailed comparison with the Helen of Troy myth. Lowell Edmunds shows that certain Sanskrit, Welsh, and Old Irish texts suggest there was an Indo-European story of the abducted wife before the Helen myth of the Iliad became known. Investigating Helen's sta. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta -- In literature.
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta. |
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Helen, of Troy, Queen of Sparta. |
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Abduction in literature.
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Abduction in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9780691165127 0691165122 (DLC) 2014042379 |
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140087422X (electronic book) |
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9781400874224 (electronic book) |
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9780691165127 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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0691165122 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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