The Oxford handbook of Greek and Roman mythography /

"This introduction provides an overview of the contents of the present volume but also attempts to situate the information and arguments of the individual chapters in the context of Greek and Roman mythographical studies today, which have changed dramatically in the last three decades. Addition...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Smith, R. Scott, 1971- (επιμελητής), Trzaskoma, Stephen M. (επιμελητής)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2022.
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Περίληψη:"This introduction provides an overview of the contents of the present volume but also attempts to situate the information and arguments of the individual chapters in the context of Greek and Roman mythographical studies today, which have changed dramatically in the last three decades. Additionally, a brief survey of the shifting modes of mythography in antiquity is presented. While a simple exposition is impossible and a complete overarching theory and definition cannot be provided, we note how many of the contributions point toward mythography as a mental orientation or intellectual impulse rather than a clear-cut genre"--
Φυσική περιγραφή:xviii, 602 σ. : εικ. ; 25 εκ.
Βιβλιογραφία:Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές και ευρετήριο.
ISBN:9780197642511
9780190648312