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25 octobre 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.pulg.1618
- isbn: 9782960071788
- eisbn: 9782821895638
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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ancient Greek religion divinity Greek mythology religion Antiguity divinités grecques antiques religion grecque antique Classics Religion SOC011000 JFHFSujets proches
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Emma Aston, « Deities of the sea and rivers », Presses universitaires de Liège, ID : 10.4000/books.pulg.1618
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Water-related mixanthropic deities reveal especially strong similarities in their iconography and divine natures. For the Greeks, Thetis, Proteus and Eurynome shared as their home the imagined realm of the sea’s depths; Glaukos and the Sirens were associated also with the sea’s margins, its junction with the land; and Acheloos, though a river-god, seems to have had a broader elemental connection with water and a strong link with Okeanos. For us, it is also clear that these deities express con...