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Ces Néréides de nos campagnes sont innocentes et mauvaises comme la nature qui tantôt protège tantôt détruit l'homme. Les dieux et les déesses antiques sont bien morts, et les musées ne contiennent que leurs cadavres de marbre. Marguerite... more
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      Greek LiteratureHistory of ReligionHistory of ReligionsAncient Greek Religion
Este trabajo aborda el estudio del colectivo de diosas a las que las fuentes llaman Ninfas en general, intentando hacer una serie de precisiones acerca de su presentación en las fuentes literarias y figuradas de la Grecia arcaica, para... more
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      IconographyAncient Greek IconographyIconografiaNymphs
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      History of ReligionHistory of ReligionsAncient Greek ReligionPolytheisms
This paper takes a broad view of the rivers and springs that watered the lands around the Corinthian Gulf and ultimately flowed into it. Gulf shores were inhabited by Achaians, Corinthians, Boiotians, Phokians, Lokrians, and Aitolians,... more
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      CorinthAncient GreeceCorinthiaDelphi
A small marble plaque excavated near Mytilene (Charitonidis 1968, 29, plate 10a) portrays three dancing figures in relief and bears the inscription Ἑρμογένης θέας Νύνφας. In Daphnis and Chloe (DC) 1.4., Longus also describes the ἀγάλματα... more
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      LongusGreek InscriptionsHistory of LesbosNymphs
Toute société grecque était étroitement attachée à son territoire et au paysage qui le caractérisait. Les cités revendiquaient un territoire propre, s'ancraient dans son sol et leurs citoyens s'identifiaient à ce territoire (Guettel-Cole... more
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      WaterLandscapeGreek sanctuariesArtemis
This paper analyzes the strong relationship existing between the goddess Hecate and the torches. It particularly refers to a fragment by Alcman containing the names of three kinds of nymphs (Naiades, Thyades, Lampades), two of which are... more
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      History of ReligionAncient ReligionAncient Greek ReligionAlcman
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      SatyrsNymphsGreek NymphsNymphs and Greek Myth
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      Ancient Greek ReligionGreek religion (Classics)Ancient Greek Cultural & Social HistoryNymphs
This newspaper article provides a brief survey on ancient and modern texts dealing with the Greek Nymphs. It focuses on their main aspects: their place in Greek religion and philosophy, and their connections with spring waters and divine... more
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      Feminist TheoryFeminist PhilosophyFeminismGreek Religion