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... trees hanging over grey stone.'98 This latter detail , twice insisted upon in Beowulf , has its direct parallel in the fig tree , rooted on the cliff over Charybdis , 99 to which Odysseus clings to avoid being drawn down when Charybdis ...
... trees hanging over grey stone.'98 This latter detail , twice insisted upon in Beowulf , has its direct parallel in the fig tree , rooted on the cliff over Charybdis , 99 to which Odysseus clings to avoid being drawn down when Charybdis ...
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... tree.155 Athena , whose sacred olive156 originating in Lybia suggests a similar origin for the goddess , 157 was at one time engaged in a contest with Poseidon for control of Attica ; with his trident Po- seidon struck a spring of salt ...
... tree.155 Athena , whose sacred olive156 originating in Lybia suggests a similar origin for the goddess , 157 was at one time engaged in a contest with Poseidon for control of Attica ; with his trident Po- seidon struck a spring of salt ...
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... tree is merely symbolic , of the life of either city or hero ; both are that life incarnate , merged by the force of Greek imagination . The rites of Athena's olive tree were celebrated at the same festival which reverently heard the ...
... tree is merely symbolic , of the life of either city or hero ; both are that life incarnate , merged by the force of Greek imagination . The rites of Athena's olive tree were celebrated at the same festival which reverently heard the ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
The Traditional Metaphor | 15 |
The Metaphor | 75 |
Copyright | |
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