Taking ancient mythology economically /

Taking ancient mythology economically /

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Author / Creator:Silver, Morris.
Imprint:Leiden ; New York : Brill, 1992.
Description:354 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Mythology, Greek.
Economics -- Mythology -- History.
Economics -- Mythology.
Mythology, Greek.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4403215
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ISBN:9004097066 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-330) and indexes.

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505 0 0 |g Ch. 1.  |t Money in Myth I: Head as Capital/Coin --  |g A.  |t Cult Finance --  |g 1.  |t Kyknos the Beheader --  |g 2.  |t Heads to Zeus or Hades --  |g 3.  |t Birth of Athena from Zeus' Head --  |g B.  |t Treasury of King Rhampsinitos --  |g C.  |t Perseus the Headhunter --  |g D.  |t Gilgamesh and Huwawa's Head --  |g Ch. 2.  |t Money in Myth II: Stones, Loaves, Beehives and Other Themes --  |g A.  |t Kypselos as Coin --  |g B.  |t More on 'Stone' as Coin and the Commercial Significance of the Throwing Gesture --  |g C.  |t Oedipus of Thebes: 'Loaf' as Coin --  |g D.  |t Five Golden Tumors --  |g E.  |t Golden Mela of Hesperides --  |g F.  |t Beds of Prokroustes --  |g G.  |t Of Sacks and Beehives --  |g H.  |t Ares in the Brazen Pot --  |g I.  |t Tantalos and the Stone --  |g J.  |t Dogs as Coins --  |g Ch. 3.  |t Agents in Myth I: Semele and Youths --  |g A.  |t Image as Agent: Semele of Thebes --  |g 1.  |t Meaning of 'Semele' --  |g 2.  |t Semele and the Islands of Blessedness --  |g 3.  |t Semele's Treasury --  |g 4.  |t Semele in the Thesauros 'Treasury' --  |g 5.  |t Concluding Remarks on Semele's Role --  |g B.  |t Youth, Daimon, Cupbearer and Hero as Agent --  |g 1.  |t Daimon as Agent --  |g 2.  |t Cupbearer as Agent --  |g 3.  |t Hero as Agent --  |g Ch. 4.  |t Agents in Myth II: Twins --  |g A.  |t Zeus' Young Men: The Dioskouroi --  |g 1.  |t Dioskouroi and House Cult --  |g 2.  |t Dioskouroi and Horses --  |g 3.  |t Dokana, Lattice and Cult Agency --  |g 4.  |t Snakes and Treasuries --  |g 5.  |t Commercial Life and the Dioskouroi --  |g B.  |t Dioskouroi and Commercial Festivals --  |g C.  |t Commerce and the Cult-Gate: Further Consideration --  |g D.  |t Homer's Atreidai and El's Sons --  |g Ch. 5.  |t Agents in Myth III: The Multidimensional Figure of Herakles --  |g A.  |t Status as a Contractual Slave --  |g B.  |t Classification of Undertakings --  |g C.  |t Analysis of Undertakings --  |g D.  |t Reward of Immortality --  |g E.  |t Representative of Merchants in Cult --  |g Ch. 6.  |t Circulating Merchants in Myth: The One-Eyed, the Lame and the Satan --  |g A.  |t One-Eyed Artisan-Traders --  |g B.  |t Traders Who 'Go Around' --  |g C.  |t Lame Traders --  |g D.  |t The Rounds of Satan --  |g Ch. 7.  |t Dogs as Merchants and Commercial Agents --  |g A.  |t Dogs, Sea-Dogs and Commerce --  |g B.  |t Dogs as Innovators and Usurers --  |g C.  |t Dogs as (or of) Gods of Commerce --  |g 1.  |t Greek Gods --  |g 2.  |t Near Eastern Gods --  |g D.  |t Agent-Dogs versus Dogs-for-Themselves --  |g 1.  |t Table-Dogs and Argos-Dogs --  |g 2.  |t Meaning of Argos --  |g E.  |t Acquisitive, Greedy and Cheating Dogs --  |g F.  |t Dog as Male Prostitute --  |g Ch. 8.  |t Virgin Priestesses as Treasurers I: Background --  |g A.  |t The Virgin Priestess Institution --  |g 1.  |t The Ancient Near East --  |g 2.  |t Commercial Contribution of the Virgin Priestess Institution --  |g 3.  |t Greece and Rome --  |g B.  |t Virgin Priestesses in Treasuries --  |g 1.  |t Bees, Treasuries and Delphi --  |g 2.  |t Virgins and Treasuries --  |g Ch. 9.  |t Virgin Priestesses as Treasurers II: Studies --  |g A.  |t The Danae Myth: Zeus as Deposit --  |g B.  |t Danaids, Demeter and the Daughter of Rhampsinitos --  |g C.  |t Melissa's Deposit --  |g D.  |t Rahab as Hostess-Stranger and Treasurer (?) --  |g Ch. 10.  |t Cultic Participation in the Economy: Three Mythic Themes with Variations --  |g A.  |t Cultic Sojourns of Gods in Distant Places --  |g 1.  |t Apollo and the Amber Route --  |g 2.  |t Helen's Travels --  |g 3.  |t Dionysus and Nysa --  |g 4.  |t Zeus the Reborn --  |g 5.  |t Circuiting Doves and Economically Valuable Information --  |g B.  |t Dismemberment of Gods --  |g C.  |t Hyakinthos' 'Flower' --  |g Ch. 11.  |t Conflict Between Gods and Economic Organization I: Athena Versus Poseidon --  |g A.  |t The Contest --  |g B.  |t Reorganization of Cult --  |g 1.  |t Poseidon and Transport --  |g 2.  |t Athena and Olive --  |g C.  |t Economic Reorganization --  |g Ch. 12.  |t Conflict Between Gods and Economic Organization II: Apollo Versus Hermes --  |g A.  |t Significance of the Lyre --  |g B.  |t Significance of the Turtle --  |g C.  |t Significance of the Staff --  |g D.  |t Sphinx, Minotaur and Corvee --  |g E.  |t Two Near Eastern Myths of Public Labor --  |g 1.  |t A Lyre in King Saul's Court --  |g 2.  |t Gilgamesh the Musician.  |t Appendix 1: Windows and Lattices (Nets) in Greek Cult --  |t Appendix 2: Gate-Post Twins in Israel and Mesopotamia. 
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