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The Most Precious Possession

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

The Most Precious Possession

By Eliezer Segal

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Finding a precious object - a gem, a ring or a coin - inside the belly of a fish is a favorite motif in western literatures that can be traced back to the Greek historian Herodotus. In Herodotus' account of the rise and fall of the tyrant Polycrates of Samos, the hero cast his beloved ring, his "most precious possession", into the sea in order to appease or fend off the gods' envy of his unstoppable successes, but was ultimately disappointed to discover that same ring inside a serving of fish th...Show more

Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

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9781433126147

Publisher

Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published year

2014

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1

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The Most Precious Possession

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Hardcover

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