Classical Myth

An Introduction

AvBarry B. Powell

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Myths are not just the stories from the ancient Greeks and Romans—they represent deep truths from the essential concerns people face in their lives. Readers may already have heard of the Trojan Horse or how Oedipus married his own mother, but why have these stories lingered? In Classical Myth: An Introduction, Barry B. Powell provides the historical and theoretical background necessary for us to understand not only the concept of what a myth is, but the cultural context of how it emerged, and the different approaches to interpreting myth that were put forward by ancient theorists and their more recent successors. Then he helps readers to understand classical myth as it is found in its primary sources: the works of Homer and Hesiod, and the Greek tragedians and historians, Ovid and Vergil. By examining a number of prominent themes in classical myth, this textbook explores the relationship between myth and art, politics, society, and history of the ancient world. This completely revised second edition features new illustrations and will help readers who want to understand myths or study their original sources.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-22
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:The University of Michigan Press
ISBN:9780472039722

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Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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"Classical Myth: An Introduction by Professor Barry B. Powell is especially and particularly recommended for personal/professional reading lists, as well as community and college/university library Grecko-Roman History/Culture/Religion collections and supplemental Mythology/Folklore curriculum studies lists."

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Table of ContentsPrefacePart I. Definitions and InterpretationChapter 1: What is a Myth?Chapter 2: Premodern Theories of MythChapter 3: Modern Theories of MythPart II. BackgroundChapter 4. Greek HistoryChapter 5. Greek and Roman SocietyChapter 6. Greek Literature and the Development of Classical MythPart III. Case StudiesChapter 7. Myth and the Near East: Hesiod’s Theogony and Its SourcesChapter 8. Myth and Religion: Persephonê, Orpheus, DionysusChapter 9. Myth and the Hero: Heracles and GilgameshChapter 10. Myth and History: Crete and the Trojan WarChapter 11. Myth and Folktale: The OdysseyChapter 12. Myth and Society: The AmazonsChapter 13. Myth and Law: OrestesChapter 14. Roman Myth and Roman Religion: The Metamorphoses of OvidChapter 15. Myth and Politics: Theseus and the Aeneid of VergilChapter 16. Myth and Art: The Greek Invention of The Narrative StyleIndex and GlossaryCharts:Chronology of the Ancient WorldThe Greek and Roman PantheonMapsMap I. Greece, The Aegean Sea, and Western Asia MinorMap II. The Ancient Mediterranean