A COMPANION TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY by Ken Dowden (Editor), Niall Livingstone (Editor) ( 9781405111782 )

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Title:

A COMPANION TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY

By:

Ken Dowden (Editor), Niall Livingstone (Editor)

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140511178X

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9781405111782

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

18 April, 2011

Series:

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

Pages:

672

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Synopsis:

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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21 illustrations

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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

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