Ken Dowden

The Uses of Greek Mythology (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In an innovative sequence of topics, Ken Dowden explores the uses Greeks made of myth and the uses to which we can put myth in recovering the richness of their culture. Most aspects of Greek life and history - including war, religion and sexuality - which are discernable through myth, as well as most modern approaches, are given a context in a book which is designed to be useful, accessible and stimulating.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134926282
• Artikelnr.: 42816576

Autorenporträt

Ken Dowden

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Part I. Attitudes to myth
1. Myth and mythology
2. How myths work: the theories
3. Greeks on myth
Part II. Myth and the past
4. Myth and prehistory
5. Myth and identity
Part III. Myth and religion
6. Arrival at the cult-site
7. Myth and initiation ritual
Part IV. The world of myth
8. The world of myth
9. Mythic society
Conclusion: what Greek myth is
Notes
Topic bibliography
General bibliography
Index of ancient authors
Index of modern authors
Index of peoples
characters and places
Index of topics and themes