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Gods, Goddesses, and Nymphs
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Abstract
The nymphs’ relations with the Olympian gods, particularly Zeus and Poseidon, are usually envisioned in terms of abduction and sexual contact, which lead to colonization and the birth of eponymous heroes. These relationships are discussed in chapter 4. The focus of the present discussion is the special attraction between the nymphs, deities of the untamed or partially tamed landscape, and those gods who have strong rural or pastoral associations. In these cases, the relationships are sometimes best described as familial (Dionysos and his nurses, the rivers as fathers of nymphs) and sometimes as sexual (nymphs and silens).
Title: Gods, Goddesses, and Nymphs
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Abstract
The nymphs’ relations with the Olympian gods, particularly Zeus and Poseidon, are usually envisioned in terms of abduction and sexual contact, which lead to colonization and the birth of eponymous heroes.
These relationships are discussed in chapter 4.
The focus of the present discussion is the special attraction between the nymphs, deities of the untamed or partially tamed landscape, and those gods who have strong rural or pastoral associations.
In these cases, the relationships are sometimes best described as familial (Dionysos and his nurses, the rivers as fathers of nymphs) and sometimes as sexual (nymphs and silens).
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