The Return of Astraea: An Astral-Imperial Myth in Calderón

by Frederick A. de Armas

Book Overview

In classical mythology Astraea, the goddess of justice, chastity, and truth, was the last of the immortals to leave Earth with the decline of the ages. Her return was to signal the dawn of a new Golden Age. This myth not only survived the Christian Middle Ages but also became a commonplace in the Renaissance when courtly poets praised their patrons and princes by claiming that Astraea guided them. The literary cult of Astraea persisted in the sixteenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813152135
• ISBN13: 9780813152134
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher