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How philosophers saved myths : allegorical interpretation and classical mythology / Luc Brisson ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brisson, Luc.
- Standardized Title:
- Sauver les mythes. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mythology, Classical.
- Allegory.
- Philosophy--History.
- Philosophy.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 206 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Muthos and philosophia
- Plato's attitude toward myth
- Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis
- Stoics, Epicureans, and the New Academy
- Pythagoreanism and Platonism
- The Neoplatonic Athens school
- Byzantium and the pagan myths
- The Western Middle Ages
- The Renaissance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226075354
- OCLC:
- 54897839
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