1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450417503321

Autore

Tyrrell William Blake

Titolo

Athenian myths and institutions [[electronic resource] ] : words in action / / Wm. Blake Tyrrell, Frieda S. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-44072-4

0-19-802316-2

1-4237-3695-8

1-60129-800-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownFrieda S

Disciplina

292.1/3

Soggetti

Mythology, Greek

Electronic books.

Athens (Greece) Religion

Athens (Greece) Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; One: Introduction: Myths as Words in Action; Two: Hesiod's Myth of the Birth of the Cosmos; Three: The Arete Standard as a Source of Mythmaking; Four: The Ideology of Sacrifice in Mythmaking; Five: Patriarchal Mythmaking on Marriage; Six: Myths and Citizenship; Seven: Theseus and the Parthenon as Mythic Propaganda; Eight: Funeral Orations in Mythmaking Athens; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the relationships between Athenian myths and the institutions that informed them. In particular, it examines how myths encode thoughts on ritual, the code of the warrior, marriage, and politics. Combining traditional historical and literary criticism with the approaches of anthropologists, feminist critics, and cultural historians, the authors study specific examples of the epic and tragedy, as well as funeral orations and the Parthenon marbles, to illuminate the ways mythic media exploited the beliefs, concepts, and practices of fifth-century Athens, simultaneously exemplif



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699069803321

Titolo

Medicaid [[electronic resource] ] : source of screening affects women's eligibility for coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment in some states : report to congressional requesters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ii, 39 pages) : illustrations, map

Soggetti

Medicaid

Poor women - Medical care - United States - States

Medical screening - United States - States - Finance

Diagnostic services - United States - States - Finance

Breast - Cancer

Cervix uteri - Cancer

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (GAO, viewed July 22, 2009).

"May 2009."

"GAO-09-384."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.