04346nam 2200721 450 991045968120332120200520144314.00-8122-9021-610.9783/9780812290219(CKB)3710000000274781(OCoLC)893686331(CaPaEBR)ebrary10941600(SSID)ssj0001352680(PQKBManifestationID)11751541(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352680(PQKBWorkID)11313168(PQKB)10913534(MiAaPQ)EBC3442425(OCoLC)892777787(MdBmJHUP)muse35455(DE-B1597)450996(OCoLC)896838621(DE-B1597)9780812290219(Au-PeEL)EBL3442425(CaPaEBR)ebr10941600(CaONFJC)MIL682528(EXLCZ)99371000000027478120141001h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrFoundation myths in ancient societies dialogues and discourses /edited by Naoíse Mac Sweeney1st ed.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :University of Pennsylvania Press,2015.©20151 online resource (252 p.)Includes index.1-322-51246-9 0-8122-4642-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Abbreviations --Introduction --Chapter 1. Foreign Founders: Greeks and Hebrews --Chapter 2. Oikist and Archegetes in Context: Representing the Foundation of Sicilian Naxos --Chapter 3. Who’s the Daddy? Contesting and Constructing Theseus’ Paternity in Fifth- Century Athens --Chapter 4. The Founder’s Shrine and the Foundation of Ai Khanoum --Chapter 5. Alexander, Agathos Daimon, and Ptolemy: The Alexandrian Foundation Myth in Dialogue --Chapter 6. Figuring Rome’s Foundation on the Iliac Tablets --Chapter 7. Beyond Greece and Rome: Foundation Myths on Tyrian Coinage in the Third Century ad --Epilogue --List of Contributors --Index --AcknowledgmentsThroughout the ancient world, origin stories were told across the ancient world in many different ways: through poetry, prose, monumental and decorative arts, and performance in civic and religious rituals. Foundation myths, particularly those about the beginnings of cities and societies, played an important role in the dynamics of identity construction and in the negotiation of diplomatic relationships between communities. Yet many ancient communities had not one but several foundation myths, offering alternative visions and interpretations of their collective origins. Seeking to explain this plurality, Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies explores origin stories from a range of classical and ancient societies, covering both a broad chronological span (from Greek colonies to the high Roman empire) and a wide geographical area (from the central Mediterranean to central Asia). Contributors explore the reasons several different, sometimes contradictory myths might coexist or even coevolve. Collectively, the chapters suggest that the ambiguity and dissonance of multiple foundation myths can sometimes be more meaningful than a single coherent origin narrative. Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies argues for a both/and approach to foundation myths, laying a framework for understanding them in dialogue with each other and within a wider mythic context, as part of a wider discourse of origins. Contributors: Lieve Donnellan, Alfred Hirt, Naoíse Mac Sweeney, Rachel Mairs, Irad Malkin, Daniel Ogden, Robin Osborne, Michael Squire, Susanne Turner.MythMythologyCivilization, AncientGroup identityMediterranean RegionCivilizationElectronic books.Myth.Mythology.Civilization, Ancient.Group identity.292.1/3Mac Sweeney Naoíse1982-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459681203321Foundation myths in ancient societies2465607UNINA01277nam0 22002891i 450 UON0051116420231205105458.640978-88-89946-10-720230207d2007 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| 1||||Giambattista Della Porta in edizione nazionaleatti del Convegno di studia cura di Raffaele SirriNapoliIstituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici2007288 p.22 cm.001UON001772882001 Momenti e problemi della storia del pensiero210 NapoliIstituto Italiano per gli Studi filosofici17DELLA PORTA GIOVAN BATTISTAAtti di CongressiUONC092182FIITNapoliUONL000012509.2SCIENZIATI21SIRRIRaffaeleUONV111352Istituto Italiano per gli Studi FilosoficiUONV267525650ITSOL20240220RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00511164SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI ITA II 2853 SI 40163 5 2853 Giambattista Della Porta in edizione nazionale1081901UNIOR