Rationalizing myth in antiquity
by Hawes, Greta
The Greek myths are characteristically fabulous; they are full of monsters, metamorphoses, and the supernatural. However, they could be told in other ways as well. This volume charts ancient dissatisfaction with the excesses of myth, and the various attempts to cut these stories down to size by explaining them as misunderstood accounts of actual events.
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- Full title :Rationalizing myth in antiquity / Greta Hawes.
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The Greek myths are characteristically fabulous; they are full of monsters, metamorphoses, and the supernatural. However, they could be told in other ways as well. This volume charts ancient dissatisfaction with the excesses of myth, and the various attempts to cut these stories down to size by explaining them as misunderstood accounts of actual events.
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- Publication Date:2014.
- Edition:1. publ
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford Univ. Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (VIII, 279 Seiten)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191775253, 0191775258, 9780199672776, 0199672776
- DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199672776.001.0001
- oclc:ocn892566769
- LC Classification:PA3052
- Dewey Decimal:880.9001
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