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A Companion to Greek Mythology
Contributor(s): Dowden, Ken (Editor), Livingstone, Niall (Editor)
ISBN: 1444396943     ISBN-13: 9781444396942
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $197.55  
Product Type: Other - Other Formats
Published: April 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
Dewey: 398.209
LCCN: 2010041346
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.91" W x 9.84" (1.50 lbs)
 
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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