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Record Nr.

UNISA996210699903316

Autore

Hawes Greta

Titolo

Rationalizing myth in antiquity / / Greta Hawes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-883103-X

0-19-177525-8

0-19-165340-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

880.9001

Soggetti

Myth - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Palaephatus. Peri Apiston""; ""2 Heraclitus. Peri Apiston""; ""3 Anonymous. Peri Apiston""; ""4 Conon. Diegeseis""; ""5 Plutarch. Life of Theseus""; ""6 Pausanias. Periegesis""; ""Conclusion""; ""APPENDIX I The Date and Authenticity of Palaephatus, Peri Apiston""; ""APPENDIX II Translation of Anonymous, Peri Apiston""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index Locorum""; ""General Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The Greek myths are characteristically fabulous; they are full of monsters, metamorphoses, and the supernatural. However, they could be told in other ways as well. This volume charts ancient dissatisfaction with the excesses of myth, and the various attempts to cut these stories down to size by explaining them as misunderstood accounts of actual events.