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From the Septuagint to skaldic poetry, from Orphic goldtablets to Baroque polyhistors, from the Pylos Combat Agate tothe paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi, the intricate dynamicsof semantic and chronological interconnections in the myth/ritual/literature triad are made an object of inquiry on the basis of a heterogeneous field of research extending to both Europeanand oriental archaic, classic and medieval cultures by a group of contributors that counts classical scholars, medievalists, orientalists, anthropologists, historians, folklorists and linguists among its dozens of members. These wonderfully diverse testimonies to the human spirit are all situated within the context of the research interests of the eminent classical scholar and cultural historian Nina Braginskaya.
The book is intended for specialists in, and lovers of, philology, literary studies, cultural history and religion.