Myth and history in ancient Greece : the symbolic creation of a colony / Claude Calame ; translated by Daniel W. Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calame, Claude.

Standardized Title:

Mythe et histoire dans l'antiquité grecque. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Greek.

Cyrene (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

xvii, 178 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"This is an important book, especially in its magisterial demonstration of how discourse analysis can be applied to the intertextual and anthropological study of Greek myth, in this case the foundation of Cyrene. It should be required reading by anyone doing work at the graduate and professional levels in the fields of mythology, cultural poetics, and Greek colonization."--Erwin Cook, University of Texas, Austin, author of "The Odyssey in Athens

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-171) and index.

ISBN:

0691114587

OCLC:

50334004