A Companion to Greek Mythology
- ISBN-10
- 1118785169
- ISBN-13
- 9781118785164
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 672
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-28
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Ken Dowden, Niall Livingstone
Description
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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