Companion to Greek Mythology: 87 (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 140511178X ISBN 13: 9781405111782

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Páginas:674Géneros:12:JFHF:Folklore,myths&legends12:DSBB:Literarystudies:classical,early&medievalSinopsis:

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"Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 November 2011) "This collection of twenty eight articles on interpreting Greco-Roman culture presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to examining Greek mythology within the broader context of the intellectual and cultural development of the ancient world and provides an in depth discussion of the influence of traditional stories on the development of a shared historical culture." (Book News, 1 August 2011)

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A Companion to Greek Mythology presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth from its origins in shared Indo-European story patterns and the Greeks contacts with their Eastern Mediterranean neighbours through its development as a shared language and thought-system for the Greco-Roman world. * Features essays from a prestigious international team of literary experts * Includes coverage of Greek myth s intersection with history, philosophy and religion * Introduces readers to topics in mythology that are often inaccessible to non-specialists * Addresses the Hellenistic and Roman periods as well as Archaic and Classical Greece

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 140511178X
• ISBN 13: 9781405111782
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 674