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The hero and the sea : patterns of chaos in ancient myth / by Donald H. Mills.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mills, Donald H., 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Exodus.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Epic poetry--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry.
- Poetry, Ancient--History and criticism.
- Poetry, Ancient.
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Exodus--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Heroes in literature.
- Sea in literature.
- Heroes in the Bible.
- Sea in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 200 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Wauconda, Ill. : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, [2002]
- Contents:
- Mythic patterns
- Gilgamesh and the heroic confrontation with death
- Achilles and the scamander
- Odysseus and Poseidon
- Old Testament patterns: creation, flood, exodus
- Epilogue: chaos and cosmology, the modern view.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-194) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0865165084
- OCLC:
- 51053446
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