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Author : Paul Veyne
Release : 1988-06-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 342/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? by : Paul Veyne
Download or read book Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? written by Paul Veyne. This book was released on 1988-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time.
Author : Paul Veyne
Release : 1988
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 335/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? by : Paul Veyne
Download or read book Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? written by Paul Veyne. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Veyne's] present book has some kinship with his sprightly theoretical work Comment on ecrit l'histoire; and he declares that its aim was to provoke reflection on the way our conception of truth is built up and changes over the centuries. . . . The style is brilliant and exhilarating."—Jasper Griffin, Times Literary Supplement
Author : Mary R. Lefkowitz
Release : 2003-01-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 692/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Greek Gods, Human Lives by : Mary R. Lefkowitz
Download or read book Greek Gods, Human Lives written by Mary R. Lefkowitz. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insightful and fun, this new guide to an ancient mythology explains why the Greek gods and goddesses are still so captivating to us, revisiting the work of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and Shakespeare in search of the essence of these stories. (Mythology & Folklore)
Author : John Chadwick
Release : 1976-03-25
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 371/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Mycenaean World by : John Chadwick
Download or read book The Mycenaean World written by John Chadwick. This book was released on 1976-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Chadwick summarizes the results of research into Mycenaean Greece.
Author : R. G. A. Buxton
Release : 1994-06-16
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 653/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Imaginary Greece by : R. G. A. Buxton
Download or read book Imaginary Greece written by R. G. A. Buxton. This book was released on 1994-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of Greek mythology in relation to its original contexts. Part one deals with the contexts in which myths were narrated: the home, public festivals, the lesche. Part two, the heart of the book, examines the relation between the realities of Greek life and the fantasies of mythology: the landscape, the family and religion are taken as case-studies. Part three focuses on the function of myth-telling, both as seen by the Greeks themselves and as perceived by later observers. The author sees his role as that of a cultural historian trying to recover the contexts and horizons of expectation which simultaneously make possible and limit meaning. He seeks to demonstrate how the seemingly endless variations of Greek mythology are a product of a particular community, situated in a particular landscape, and with these particular institutions.
