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A Companion to Greek Mythology
Contributor(s): Dowden, Ken (Editor), Livingstone, Niall (Editor)
ISBN: 140511178X     ISBN-13: 9781405111782
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $244.10  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 398.209
LCCN: 2010041346
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.9" W x 9.7" (2.90 lbs) 672 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
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 experts
  • Includes coverage of Greek myth's 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