TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Armas,Frederick A.
TI  - The return of Astraea: an astral-imperial myth in Calderón 
T2  - Studies in Romance Languages
SN  - 9780813162799
AV  - PQ6314 .R488 1986
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Astraea (Greek deity) in literature
KW  - Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681
KW  - Characters
KW  - Astraea
KW  - Knowledge
KW  - Mythology
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; I ASTRAEA RETURNS: GENESIS; II ASTRAEA IN THE SPANISH GOLDEN AGE; III THE PRIESTESS OF JUSTICE AND FORTUNE; IV THE FALLEN VIRGIN; V THE SERPENT STAR; VI THE IMPERIAL AND MYSTICAL EAGLE; VII THE MAIDS OF AUTUMN; VIII EMPIRE WITHOUT END; IX THE MALEFIC ASTRAEA; X ACHILLES AS ASTRAEA; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; 2; b
N2  - 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 century as writers saw in Elizabeth I of England the imperial Astraea who would lead mankind to peace through universal rule. This and other lat
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