02302nam 2200541 450 99621069990331620230803221554.00-19-883103-X0-19-177525-80-19-165340-3(CKB)2550000001322590(EBL)3056254(OCoLC)891146413(SSID)ssj0001321795(PQKBManifestationID)11776294(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001321795(PQKBWorkID)11373326(PQKB)10869896(StDuBDS)EDZ0000401023(MiAaPQ)EBC3056254(EXLCZ)99255000000132259020131101d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRationalizing myth in antiquity /Greta HawesFirst edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2014.1 online resource (294 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-967277-6 1-306-90745-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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.MythHistoryMythHistory.880.9001Hawes Greta479901MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996210699903316Rationalizing myth in antiquity259165UNISA