Richard Buxton

Forms of Astonishment

Greek Myths of Metamorphosis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An illustrated study of a number of Greek myths about the transformations of humans and gods. Richard Buxton poses the question of how seriously the Greeks took these tales, and in doing so also illuminates issues explored by anthropologists and students of religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780198706991
• ISBN-10: 0198706995
• Artikelnr.: 47868360

Autorenporträt

Richard Buxton is Emeritus Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Narratives and Their Contexts
1: The Odyssey
2: Athenian Drama
3: Visual Arts
4: Hellenistic Transformations
5: Post-Hellenistic Narratives
2. The Logic of Transformation
6: Shapes of the Gods
7: The Human Aetiology of Landscape
8: Plants, Trees, and Human Form
9: Challenges to the Metamorphic Tradition
10: Final Thoughts on Contexts
Bibliography
Index