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2003041209 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0072818492 (pbk.) |
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BUL |
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BUL |
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| Classification number |
292.13 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| Item number |
HAR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Harris, Stephen L., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1937- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Classical mythology : |
| Remainder of title |
images and insights / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Stephen L. Harris, Gloria Platzner. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
4th edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Boston, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
McGraw-Hill, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxi, 1105 p. : |
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ill., (some col.), maps ; |
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24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Table of Content<br/> <br/>PART ONE THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF MYTH<br/><br/>Chapter 1 Introduction to Greek myth. <br/>Greek religion and the nature of the divine<br/>Social and political functions of myth.<br/>The Literary quality of Greek myth and its association with communal observances<br/>Myth, legend, folklore, and saga<br/>Distinctive qualities of Greek literary myth.<br/><br/>Chapter 2 Ways of Interpreting myth<br/>Ancient ways of viewing myth <br/>Some modern Interpretations of myth<br/>Myth theory and the birth of Athene<br/>The autonomy of myth<br/>Questions for discussion and review <br/>Works cited<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>PART TWO EPIC MYTHS AND THE HEROIC QUEST<br/>Chapter 3 In the beginning: Hesiod's creation story <br/>Egyptian myths of creation<br/>Mythical attempts to scale the heavens<br/>The nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne<br/>Two different accounts of creation in genesis <br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Chapter 4 Alienation of the human and divine: Prometheus fire, and Pandora<br/>Humanity's' alienation from the God's: Prometheus and fire.<br/>The trickster <br/>Humanity's decline: Pandora and eve<br/>Biblical parallels to the Pandora myth: Adam, Eve, and the loss of paradise <br/>Humanity's Alienation from nature as the price of civilization <br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Chapter 5 The great Goddess and the Goddesses: The divine woman in Greek mythology<br/>The great Goddess<br/>Gaea <br/>Author unknown, <br/><br/>Chapter 6 The Olympian family of Zeus: Sharing rule of the Universe<br/>The Older Olympians<br/>The major classical Gods and Goddesses<br/>The younger Olympians<br/>The Gods at home: Adultery on Olympian <br/><br/>Chapter 7 In touch with the Gods: Apollos' Oracle at Delphi <br/>The Shrine at Delphi: communicating with the Gods prehistoric Delphic <br/>Apollo's prehistory<br/>Apollo and Dragon: the transition from earth Goddess to sky God.<br/>Apollos' birth <br/>Festivals and ceremonies of Delphi <br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Chapter 8 Dionysus: Rooted earth in earth Ecstasy<br/>Dionysian and Apollo: contracts and connections <br/>The Dionysian myth<br/>Parallels between Dionysus of Thebes and Jesus of Nazareth.<br/>Author unknown, <br/><br/>Chapter 9 Land of No return: The gloomy kingdom of Hades<br/>The Homeric view of the afterlife <br/>The location and geography of Hades' realm<br/>Persephone: queen of the underworld<br/>Descents into the underworld<br/>The transmigration of afterlife<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Chapter 10 Heroes of myth: man divided against himself<br/>The heroic pattern <br/>The heroic pattern: archetypal events <br/>Gilgamesh: the first hero of the world myth<br/>The early hero Perseus<br/>The archetypal hero <br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Chapter 11 Heroines of myth: women in many roles <br/>The heroine: women's mysteries in man's world women's rituals.<br/>Patterns of the heroine myths<br/>The Heroine as mother or wife<br/>The heroine as a helper-maiden <br/>The heroine as hero-impersonator<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Chapter 12 Heroes at war: the Troy saga<br/>The decision of Paris <br/>The historicity of troy<br/>The implications of the story <br/>Conflict in society and the cosmos <br/>The Trojan cycle continues: events proceedings the Iliad <br/>Etc.<br/><br/>Chapter 13 A different kind of Hero: the quest of Odysseus<br/>Differences between the Iliad an the Odyssey<br/>The sequence of events in the homeward voyage of Odysseus<br/>Post-Homeric traditions about Odysseus and his family<br/><br/>PART THREE TRAGIC HEROES AND HEROINES <br/>Chapter 14 The theater of Dionysus: myth and the tragic vision<br/>The city Dionysian and the birth of drama <br/>The tragic vision<br/>Myth into drama <br/><br/>15 The house of Atreus: Aeschylus's Oreteia <br/>Aeschylus's Drama of crime and Redemption<br/>An overview, etc<br/><br/>chapter 16 the tragic house of Laius: Sophocles' Oedipus cycle<br/>The world of Sophocles <br/>Sophocles: The citizen and writer<br/>Oedipus Rex, etc<br/><br/>chapter 17 A Different perspective on Tragedy: Euripides' Medea and the bacchanal<br/><br/>chapter 18 The roman vision: Greek myths and roman realities<br/><br/>chapter 19 Virgil's roman epic: The Aeneid<br/><br/>chapter 20 The retelling of Greek myths: ovid's metamorphoses<br/><br/>PART FIVE THE WESTERN WORLD'S TRANSFORMATIONS OF MYTH<br/>chapter 21 The persistence of myth<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 1069-1078) and index. |
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Mythology, Classical. |
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Platzner, Gloria. |
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Table of contents |
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Contributor biographical information |
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