Personification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23730937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy C Smith (0000-0003-0224-428X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah17331 |
| OpenAlex | W4246469926 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Artists as early as Homer created personifications – representations of nouns in human form – to explain aspects of the primary characters, particularly Olympian divinities: the Litai (Prayers) as daughters of Zeus, for example, express an aspect of Zeus' broad‐ranging powers.
Art · Humanities · Linguistics · Literature · Physics · ZEUS (particle detector) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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