Taking ancient mythology economically /
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| Author / Creator: | Silver, Morris. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; New York : Brill, 1992. |
| Description: | 354 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4403215 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Money in Myth I: Head as Capital/Coin
- A. Cult Finance
- 1. Kyknos the Beheader
- 2. Heads to Zeus or Hades
- 3. Birth of Athena from Zeus' Head
- B. Treasury of King Rhampsinitos
- C. Perseus the Headhunter
- D. Gilgamesh and Huwawa's Head
- Ch. 2. Money in Myth II: Stones, Loaves, Beehives and Other Themes
- A. Kypselos as Coin
- B. More on 'Stone' as Coin and the Commercial Significance of the Throwing Gesture
- C. Oedipus of Thebes: 'Loaf' as Coin
- D. Five Golden Tumors
- E. Golden Mela of Hesperides
- F. Beds of Prokroustes
- G. Of Sacks and Beehives
- H. Ares in the Brazen Pot
- I. Tantalos and the Stone
- J. Dogs as Coins
- Ch. 3. Agents in Myth I: Semele and Youths
- A. Image as Agent: Semele of Thebes
- 1. Meaning of 'Semele'
- 2. Semele and the Islands of Blessedness
- 3. Semele's Treasury
- 4. Semele in the Thesauros 'Treasury'
- 5. Concluding Remarks on Semele's Role
- B. Youth, Daimon, Cupbearer and Hero as Agent
- 1. Daimon as Agent
- 2. Cupbearer as Agent
- 3. Hero as Agent
- Ch. 4. Agents in Myth II: Twins
- A. Zeus' Young Men: The Dioskouroi
- 1. Dioskouroi and House Cult
- 2. Dioskouroi and Horses
- 3. Dokana, Lattice and Cult Agency
- 4. Snakes and Treasuries
- 5. Commercial Life and the Dioskouroi
- B. Dioskouroi and Commercial Festivals
- C. Commerce and the Cult-Gate: Further Consideration
- D. Homer's Atreidai and El's Sons
- Ch. 5. Agents in Myth III: The Multidimensional Figure of Herakles
- A. Status as a Contractual Slave
- B. Classification of Undertakings
- C. Analysis of Undertakings
- D. Reward of Immortality
- E. Representative of Merchants in Cult
- Ch. 6. Circulating Merchants in Myth: The One-Eyed, the Lame and the Satan
- A. One-Eyed Artisan-Traders
- B. Traders Who 'Go Around'
- C. Lame Traders
- D. The Rounds of Satan
- Ch. 7. Dogs as Merchants and Commercial Agents
- A. Dogs, Sea-Dogs and Commerce
- B. Dogs as Innovators and Usurers
- C. Dogs as (or of) Gods of Commerce
- 1. Greek Gods
- 2. Near Eastern Gods
- D. Agent-Dogs versus Dogs-for-Themselves
- 1. Table-Dogs and Argos-Dogs
- 2. Meaning of Argos
- E. Acquisitive, Greedy and Cheating Dogs
- F. Dog as Male Prostitute
- Ch. 8. Virgin Priestesses as Treasurers I: Background
- A. The Virgin Priestess Institution
- 1. The Ancient Near East
- 2. Commercial Contribution of the Virgin Priestess Institution
- 3. Greece and Rome
- B. Virgin Priestesses in Treasuries
- 1. Bees, Treasuries and Delphi
- 2. Virgins and Treasuries
- Ch. 9. Virgin Priestesses as Treasurers II: Studies
- A. The Danae Myth: Zeus as Deposit
- B. Danaids, Demeter and the Daughter of Rhampsinitos
- C. Melissa's Deposit
- D. Rahab as Hostess-Stranger and Treasurer (?)
- Ch. 10. Cultic Participation in the Economy: Three Mythic Themes with Variations
- A. Cultic Sojourns of Gods in Distant Places
- 1. Apollo and the Amber Route
- 2. Helen's Travels
- 3. Dionysus and Nysa
- 4. Zeus the Reborn
- 5. Circuiting Doves and Economically Valuable Information
- B. Dismemberment of Gods
- C. Hyakinthos' 'Flower'
- Ch. 11. Conflict Between Gods and Economic Organization I: Athena Versus Poseidon
- A. The Contest
- B. Reorganization of Cult
- 1. Poseidon and Transport
- 2. Athena and Olive
- C. Economic Reorganization
- Ch. 12. Conflict Between Gods and Economic Organization II: Apollo Versus Hermes
- A. Significance of the Lyre
- B. Significance of the Turtle
- C. Significance of the Staff
- D. Sphinx, Minotaur and Corvee
- E. Two Near Eastern Myths of Public Labor
- 1. A Lyre in King Saul's Court
- 2. Gilgamesh the Musician. Appendix 1: Windows and Lattices (Nets) in Greek Cult
- Appendix 2: Gate-Post Twins in Israel and Mesopotamia.