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Birth of the symbol: ancient readers at the limits of their texts
Peter T. Struck-
Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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INTRODUCTION The Genealogy Of The Symbolic (page 1)
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1 Symbols And Riddles: Allegorical Reading And The Boundaries Of The Text (page 21)
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2 Beginnings to 300 B.C.E.: Meaning From The Void Of Chance And The Silence Of The Secret (page 77)
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3 From The Head of Zeus: The Birth Of The Literary Symbol (page 111)
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4 Swallowed Children And Bound Gods: The Diffusion Of The Literary Symbol (page 142)
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5 300 B.C.E.-200 C.E.: The Symbol As Ontological Signifier (page 162)
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6 Iamblichus And The Defense Of Ritual: Talismanic Symbols (page 204)
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7 Moonstones and Men That Glow: Proclus And The Talismanic Signifier (page 227)
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EPILOGUE Symbol Traces: Post–Proclean Theories (page 254)
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APPENDIX Chrysippus’s Reading and Authorial Intention: The Case Of The Mural At Samos (page 279)
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Bibliography Of Ancient Authors (page 283)
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Bibliography Of Modern Authors (page 285)
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INDEX LOCORUM (page 297)
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GENERAL INDEX (page 311)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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CL | 58.3 (Summer 2006): 256-259 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4125346 |
CR | 57.1 (Apr. 2007): 50-52 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4497409 |
CW | 99.1 (Autumn 2005): 95-96 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4353023 |
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Published: c2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
- 9780691162263 (paper)
- 9781400826094 (ebook)
- 9780691116976 (hardcover)