Classical Mythology: Images and Insights

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Mayfield Publishing Company, 2000 - Religion - 1086 pages
Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated, this is the only classical mythology text that combines thorough coverage of theoretical approaches to myth with a substantial anthology of primary works. More than 700 pages of primary selections, many of them complete works, include major hymns, epics, and plays of classical myth, while more than 200 photographs of classical works of art illustrate how the Greeks and Romans envisioned gods.

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Contents

Introduction to Greek Myth
3
Distinctive Qualities of Greek Literary Myth
19
Ways of Interpreting Myth
34
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