CELESTIAL SEX,
EARTHLY DESTRUCTION,
AND DRAMATIC SUBLIMATION
IN HOMER'S ODYSSEY:
by
ALFRED DE GRAZIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE & FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
Part. 1:
SACRED SCANDAL AND DISASTER
Chapter 1. AN ATHENA PRODUCTION
Chapter 2. THE SONG OF LOVE
THE SONG LITERALLY RENDERED IN ENGLISH VERSE
HAPPY ENDING
THE PHAEACIAN UTOPIA
Chapter 3. THE LOVE AFFAIR AS THE MASK OF TRAGEDY
AN ANCIENT PRIEST EXPLAINS
THE HIDDEN STORY
AUTHOR'S CODA
Chapter 4. CATASTROPHE AND SUBLIMATION
THE GENERAL THEORY OF CATASTROPHE
THE DISPLACEMENT OF AFFECTS
Chapter 5. HOLY DREAMTIME
THE SCANDALOUS LITTLE PIECE
BURLESQUE OR RELIGION?
THE PIOUS DRAMATIST
Part. 2:
GODS, PLANETS, MADNESS
Chapter 6. THE RAPE OF HELEN
THE INDESTRUCTIBLE LADY HELEN
THE AGE OF MARS
Chapter 7. CRAZY HEROES OF DARK TIMES
THE SAGE WHO BRIDGED THE DARK AGES
SOCIETY IN SHOCK
THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE
Chapter 8. THE TWO FACES OF LOVE
A MOST ANCIENT GODDESS
TURBULENT BIRTH IN MYTHS AND REALITY
ENCYCLOPEDISTS AND THE MOON GODDESS
THE COSMIC SPINNER
CONFUSION COMPOUNDED
A MATCH OF SOURCES
HOW TO NAME A PLANET?
THE ROMAN VENUS
Chapter 9. THE RUINED FACE OF A CLASSIC BEAUTY
THE INNOCENT ASTRONAUTS
RADIOACTIVE CLOCKS
THE RILLES OF MOON
Chapter 10. HE WHO SHINES BY DAY
THE EPITHETS OF VENUS
CONGENITALITY AND HOMOLOGY
ATHENA'S LAST BATTLES
APPENDIX TO Chapter 10
LOGIC OF IDENTIFYING RELATIONS SUCH AS "HEPHAESTUS IS ATHENA"
Chapter 11. THE BLASTED CAREER OF THE MIGHTY
THE QUALITIES OF ARES
THE FATAL WOUND
Chapter 12. THE LAUGHING GODS
MERCURY
APOLLO
POSEIDON
HELIOS
A DIVINE SENSE OF HUMOR
Chapter 13. HOW THE GODS FLY
THE MOVEMENTS OF THE SCENARIO
ELECTRO-MECHANICS OF THE GODS
Part. 3:
THERAPY FOR GROUP FEAR
Chapter 14. THE USES OF LANGUAGE
METER AND METAPHOR
HOMER: EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
TRADUTTORE TRADITTORE
THE THROES OF ORIGINAL PLOT
HUMAN STRESS AND LANGUAGE
THE RULES OF MYTHICAL LANGUAGE
Chapter 15. THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF MEMORY
TRAUMATIC ORIGIN OF MEMORY
THE RULES OF MEMORY
FORGETTING
AMNESIAC PHILOSOPHERS
Chapter 16. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF TRAUMA
DREAMWORK
SEXUALITY AND DISASTER
IN ILLO TEMPORE
THE KERNELS OF HISTORY
Chapter 17. SETTLED SKY AND UNSETTLED MIND
WHAT HOMER REMEMBERED
THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE
A CLAIM OF SUCCESS
FROM SAVAGERY TO SUBLIMITY
Appendix: CHARACTERS OF THE BOOK
