Personification in the Greek World From Antiquity to Byzantium By: Judith Herrin Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780754650317, 0754650316 eText ISBN: 9781351911771, 1351911775 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2005 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.18 USD SKU 9781351911771R90 Personification, the anthropomorphic representation of any non-human thing, is a ubiquitous feature of ancient Greek literature and art. Natural phenomena (earth, sky, rivers), places (cities, countries), divisions of time (seasons, months, a lifetime), states of the body (health, sleep, death), emotions (love, envy, fear), and political concepts (victory, democracy, war) all appear in human, usually female, form. Some have only fleeting incarnations, others become widely-recognised figures, and others again became so firmly established as deities in the imagination of the community that they received elements of cult associated with the Oly Download ebook: https://ouo.io/nssji9M
