The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology

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Автор: Roger D. Woodard (Editor)

Название: The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology

Язык: английский

Издательство: Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press

Год: 2008

Объем: 552 p.

Серия: Cambridge Companions to Literature

Формат: pdf

Размер: 19,9 mb

Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew V. V. Raymond Professor of the Classics and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Buffalo (The State University of New York). He has taught in the United States and Europe and is the author of a number of books on myth and ancient civilization, most recently Indo-European Sacred Space: Vedic and Roman Cult. Dr. Woodard is editor of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World’s Ancient Languages, which received a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award in 2006.

A unique resource, 'The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology' is essential reading for understanding not only Greek myth, but also its enormous impact on art, architecture, literature, politics and philosophy across the ages. More than a compendium of isolated facts, 'The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology' is thoughtfully composed by a team of international experts who highlight important themes in three sections. The first part examines oral and written Greek mythology and the uses of these myths from the epic poetry of the eighth century BC to the mythographic catalogs of the early centuries AD. The second section looks at the relationship between ancient Greek myth and Greek culture and investigates the Roman appropriation of the Greek mythic tradition. Section three follows the reception of Greek myth from the Middle Ages to modernity, taking in such factors as feminist scholarship, cinema and literature. Important for its reach and breadth, its integrated approach and its up-to-date treatment, 'The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology' is fundamental for anyone seeking a broader understanding of the myths and their influence on western tradition.

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Muthoi in Continuity and Variation

ROGER D. WOODARD

Part I: Sources and Interpretations

Lyric and Creek Myth

GREGORY NAGY

Homer and Greek Myth

GREGORY NAGY

Hesiod and Greek Myth

ROGER D. WOODARD

Tragedy and Greek Myth

RICHARD BUXTON

Myth in Aristophanes

ANGUS BOWIE

Plato Philomythos

DISKIN CLAY

Hellenistic Mythographers

CAROLYN HIGBIE

Part 2: Response, Integration, Representation

Greek Myth and Greek Religion

CLAUDE CALAME

Myth and Greek Art: Creating a Visual Language

JENIFER NEILS

Mythic Landscapes of Greece

ADA COHEN

Politics and Greek Myth

JONATHAN M. HALL

Ovid and Greek Myth

A. J. BOYLE

Part 3. Reception

Women and Greek Myth

VANDA ZAJKO

Let Us Make Gods in Our Image: Greek Myth in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

H. DAVID BRUMBLE

‘Hail, Muse! et cetera : Greek Myth in English and American Literature

SARAH ANNES BROWN

Greek Myth on the Screen

MARTIN M. WINKLER

Bibliography

Index

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