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Greek Mythology and Poetics
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-05 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Gregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the fo
The Poetics of Myth
Language: en
Pages: 517
Authors: Eleazar M. Meletinsky
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-21 - Publisher: Routledge

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Myth and the Polis
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Dora Carlisky Pozzi
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the ancient Gree
Indo-European Poetry and Myth
Language: en
Pages: 540
Authors: M. L. West
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-13 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eu
Greek Mythology
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Claude Calame
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Argues that the meaning of Greek myths can only be studied according to their artistic forms of expression. Using myths such as those of Persephone, Bellerophon