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Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of ci…
An anthology of myths ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian Islands and modern science.
An anthology of myths ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian Islands and modern science.
This comparative approach shows how the Platonic viewpoint sheds new light on Borges' essayistic and fictional work. Analyses to which extent his thought is deeply rooted in classical philosophical doctrines.