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 expertsIncludes coverage of Greek myths 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 INDICE: List of illustrations. List of tables. Notes on contributors. To the reader. Acknowledgements. Glossary. Abbreviations. Approaching myth. ZERO: Thinking through myth - thinking myth through (Ken Dowden & Niall Livingstone). Part 1 - Establishing the canon. 1.1 Homer's use of myth (Françoise Létoublon). 1.2 Telling the mythology: from Hesiod to the fifth century (Ken Dowden). 1.3 Orphic mythology (Radcliffe G. Edmonds III). Part 2 - Myth performed, mythbelieved. 2.1 Singing myth: Pindar (Ian Rutherford). 2.2 Instructing myth: from Homer to the sophists (Niall Livingstone). 2.3 Acting myth: Athenian drama (Jean Alaux). 2.4 Displaying myth: the visual arts (Susan Woodford). 2.5 Platonic 'myths' (Penelope Murray). 2.6 Myth in history (Alan Griffiths). Part 3 - New traditions. 3.1 Myth and Hellenic identities (Fritz Graf). 3.2 Names and places: myth in Alexandria (Anatole Mori). 3.3 The myth of Rome (Matthew Fox). 3.4 Displaying myth for Roman eyes (Zahra Newby). 3.5 The myth that saves: mysteries and mysteriosophies (Ken Dowden). 3.6 Myth and death: Roman mythological sarcophagi (Zahra Newby). 3.7 Myth in Christian authors (Fritz Graf). Part 4- Older traditions. 4.1 The Indo-European background to Greek mythology (Nicholas J. Allen). 4.2 Near Eastern mythologies (Alasdair Livingstone & Birgit Haskamp). 4.3 Underworlds in Greece and neighbouring cultures (Nanno Marinatos &Nicolas Wyatt). Part 5 - Interpretation. 5.1 Interpreting images (Susan Woodford). 5.2 The myth of history: the case of Troy (Dieter Hertel). 5.3 Women andmyth (Sian Lewis). 5.4 Mythology of the Black Land: Greek myths and Egyptian origins (Ian Rutherford). 5.5 Psychoanalysis: the wellspring of myth? (RichardArmstrong). 5.6 Initiation: the key to myth? (Ken Dowden). 5.7 The semiotics and pragmatics of myth (Claude Calame). Part 6 - Conspectus. 6.1 A brief history of the study of Greek mythology (Jan N. Bremmer). Guide to fragmentary and less easily found texts. Bibliography. Index of texts discussed. Index of names. Index of subjects.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-1178-2
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 672
- Fecha Publicación: 08/04/2011
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- Idioma: Inglés