A companion to Greek mythology /
edited by Ken Dowden and Niall Livingstone.
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 643 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture .
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-603) and indexes.
Front Matter -- Approaching Myth. Thinking through Myth, Thinking Myth Through / Ken Dowden, Niall Livingstone -- Establishing the Canon. Homer's Use of Myth / Fraṅoise Ľtoublon -- Telling the Mythology: From Hesiod to the Fifth Century / Ken Dowden -- Orphic Mythology / Radcliffe G Edmonds -- Myth Performed, Myth Believed. Singing Myth: Pindar / Ian Rutherford -- Instructing Myth: From Homer to the Sophists / Niall Livingstone -- Acting Myth: Athenian Drama / Jean Alaux -- Displaying Myth: The Visual Arts / Susan Woodford -- Platonic ₁Myths₂ / Penelope Murray -- Myth in History / Alan Griffiths -- New Traditions. Myth and Hellenic Identities / Fritz Graf -- Names and Places: Myth in Alexandria / Anatole Mori -- The Myth of Rome / Matthew Fox -- Displaying Myth for Roman Eyes / Zahra Newby -- The Myth that Saves: Mysteries and Mysteriosophies / Ken Dowden -- Myth and Death: Roman Mythological Sarcophagi / Zahra Newby -- Myth in Christian Authors / Fritz Graf -- Older Traditions. The Indo-European Background to Greek Mythology / Nicholas J Allen -- Near Eastern Mythologies / Alasdair Livingstone, Birgit Haskamp -- Levantine, Egyptian, and Greek Mythological Conceptions of the Beyond / Nanno Marinatos, Nicolas Wyatt -- Interpretation. Interpreting Images: Mysteries, Mistakes, and Misunderstandings / Susan Woodford -- The Myth of History: The Case of Troy / Dieter Hertel -- Women and Myth / Sian Lewis -- Mythology of the Black Land: Greek Myths and Egyptian Origins / Ian Rutherford -- Psychoanalysis: The Wellspring of Myth? / Richard H Armstrong -- Initiation: The Key to Myth? / Ken Dowden -- The Semiotics and Pragmatics of Myth / Claude Calame, Ken Dowden -- Conspectus. A Brief History of the Study of Greek Mythology / Jan N Bremmer -- Bibliography -- Index of Texts Discussed -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
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 expertsIncludes coverage of Greek myth's intersection with history, philosophy and religionIntroduces readers to topics in mythology that are often inaccessible to non-specialistsAddresses th.
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10.1002/9781444396942 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com 5263BAD2-EA9D-4369-96D8-E6BF641B3FEB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Mythology, Greek.
Greece--Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
Mythology, Greek.
Religion.
Mythologie.
Greece--Religion.
Greece.
Griechenland.
Electronic books.
BL783 / .C66 2011eb
398.20938
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-603) and indexes.
Front Matter -- Approaching Myth. Thinking through Myth, Thinking Myth Through / Ken Dowden, Niall Livingstone -- Establishing the Canon. Homer's Use of Myth / Fraṅoise Ľtoublon -- Telling the Mythology: From Hesiod to the Fifth Century / Ken Dowden -- Orphic Mythology / Radcliffe G Edmonds -- Myth Performed, Myth Believed. Singing Myth: Pindar / Ian Rutherford -- Instructing Myth: From Homer to the Sophists / Niall Livingstone -- Acting Myth: Athenian Drama / Jean Alaux -- Displaying Myth: The Visual Arts / Susan Woodford -- Platonic ₁Myths₂ / Penelope Murray -- Myth in History / Alan Griffiths -- New Traditions. Myth and Hellenic Identities / Fritz Graf -- Names and Places: Myth in Alexandria / Anatole Mori -- The Myth of Rome / Matthew Fox -- Displaying Myth for Roman Eyes / Zahra Newby -- The Myth that Saves: Mysteries and Mysteriosophies / Ken Dowden -- Myth and Death: Roman Mythological Sarcophagi / Zahra Newby -- Myth in Christian Authors / Fritz Graf -- Older Traditions. The Indo-European Background to Greek Mythology / Nicholas J Allen -- Near Eastern Mythologies / Alasdair Livingstone, Birgit Haskamp -- Levantine, Egyptian, and Greek Mythological Conceptions of the Beyond / Nanno Marinatos, Nicolas Wyatt -- Interpretation. Interpreting Images: Mysteries, Mistakes, and Misunderstandings / Susan Woodford -- The Myth of History: The Case of Troy / Dieter Hertel -- Women and Myth / Sian Lewis -- Mythology of the Black Land: Greek Myths and Egyptian Origins / Ian Rutherford -- Psychoanalysis: The Wellspring of Myth? / Richard H Armstrong -- Initiation: The Key to Myth? / Ken Dowden -- The Semiotics and Pragmatics of Myth / Claude Calame, Ken Dowden -- Conspectus. A Brief History of the Study of Greek Mythology / Jan N Bremmer -- Bibliography -- Index of Texts Discussed -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
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 expertsIncludes coverage of Greek myth's intersection with history, philosophy and religionIntroduces readers to topics in mythology that are often inaccessible to non-specialistsAddresses th.
9781444396942 1444396943 9781444331844 1444331841 9781444396928 1444396927 9781444396935 1444396935
10.1002/9781444396942 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com 5263BAD2-EA9D-4369-96D8-E6BF641B3FEB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Mythology, Greek.
Greece--Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
Mythology, Greek.
Religion.
Mythologie.
Greece--Religion.
Greece.
Griechenland.
Electronic books.
BL783 / .C66 2011eb
398.20938