10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERMAI»
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1
Hermai: A Study in Comparative Esthetics (1915)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
2
Athens and Athenian Democracy
... a monument that was also secular and literally 'pro-fane' to some religious
significance. the mutilation of the hermai There are no extant herm dedications
which can be dated confidently to 470–415. However, Andokides' herm may well
date ...
3
Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic ...
4.29 The 'Hermai' of Hipparchos (i)–(ii) [Plato] Hipparchos 229a–b; (iii)IG I3 1023
(IGI2 837) (iii): Friedländer 149; LSAG 75, 78n.35; Hansen 304. Hipparchos set
up hermai (singular: hermes) throughout Attica, according to [Plat.] Hipparch.
Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland, 2005
4
Pharmakon: Plato, Drug Culture, and Identity in Ancient Athens
20 The public reaction to the mutilation of the Hermai has often been depicted as
a mob-like frenzy, blind, or at the very least marked by a “sense of urgency,
almost of panic.”21 This is not completely accurate. Thucydides' History indicates
the ...
5
The Wisdom of the Mystic East: Suhrawardi and Platonic ...
Once this assumption was made, it was not difficult to associate most of the
available information with one or another of these three Hermai. The notion of
three Hermai did not necessarily originate with the Muslims; pseudo-Manetho
refers to ...
6
Marginal Animadversions on Mr Costard's two late ...
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Dissertations ON THE KESITAH and the HERMAI. 7: si 'i Rot- * 'ETQ zi-Hcgv Zq-w
5 agcGnynfiu, o' Xpe-754. Mart. xxiii. 10.' LONDON: Printed for E. WITHERS, at
the ...
George COSTARD, Benjamin Holloway, 1750
The mutilation of the Hermai would appeal directly to the religious fears ot Nikias,
and might call forth the protests of men who were thus far afraid to break silence.
As to Alkibiades, his career had raised up against him a band of bitter enemies; ...
8
Greek Mythology According to Wikipedia:
Hermai/Herms. Main article: Herma In Ancient Greece, Hermes was a phallic god
of boundaries. ... sail for Syracuse whom he has selected as the most beautiful of
the during the Peloponnesian War, all of the Athenian hermai were goddesses.
9
A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World
Hermes' name most probably comes from the Greek word herma (plural: hermai),
meaning "pile of marker stones." In an era when travel was uncomfortable and
dangerous, Hermes safeguarded travelers. The legend of his birth is told in the ...
David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, 1995
10
The Law in Classical Athens
The profanation of the Mysteries and the mutilation of the Hermai in 415 were
religious offences and will therefore be considered in chapter XII (page 198), but
in the present chapter we can take evidence from that speech to give a more ...
Douglas Maurice MacDowell, 1978
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERMAI»
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Bulgaria: Archaeologists Discovered Rare Ancient Sculpture at …
Hermai, some of which also featured male genitals carved at the appropriate height in the pillar, were placed at crossings, country borders and ... «Balkan Travellers, Aug 09»
