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Facing the Gods: Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman Art, Literature and
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Facing the Gods: Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman Art, Literature and Religion Hardcover - 2011

by Verity Platt


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This is the first history of epiphany as both a phenomenon and as a cultural discourse within the Graeco-Roman world, exploring divine manifestations and their representations, in visual terms as well as in literary, historical and epigraphic accounts. Verity Platt sets the cultural analysis of epiphany within a historical framework that explores its development from the archaic period into the Roman empire. In particular, a surprisingly large number of the images that have survived from antiquity are not only religious, but epiphanically charged. Verity Platt argues that the enduring potential for divine incursions into mortal experience provides a structure of cognitive reliability that supports both ancient religion and mythology. At the same time, Graeco-Roman culture exhibits a sophisticated awareness of the difficulties of the apprehension of deity, the representation of divine presence, and the potential for the manmade sign to lead the worshipper back to an unmediated epiphanic encounter.

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  • Title Facing the Gods: Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman Art, Literature and Religion
  • Author Verity Platt
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 502
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2011. 502p. Hardback. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. This is the first history of epiphany as both a phenomenon and a
  • Date 2011-07-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521861717 / 0521861713
  • Weight 2.56 lbs (1.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.8 x 6.9 x 1.2 in (24.89 x 17.53 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Greece - Religion, Rome - Religion
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011012624
  • Dewey Decimal Code 292

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