The Cambridge companion to Greek mythology / edited by Roger D. Woodard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodard, Roger D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Greek.

Physical Description:

xvi, 536 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Greek mythology

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology presents a comprehensive and integrated treatment of ancient Greek mythic tradition. Divided into three sections, the work consists of sixteen original articles authored by an ensemble of some of the world's most distinguished scholars of classical mythology. Part I provides readers with an examination of the forms and uses of myth in Greek oral and written literature from the epic poetry of the eighth century BC to the mythographic catalog of the early centuries AD. Part II looks at the relationship between myth, religion, art, and politics among the Greeks and at the Roman appropriation of Greek mythic tradition. The reception of Greek myth from the Middle Ages to modernity, in literature, feminist scholarship, and cinema, rounds out Part III. The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology is a unique resource that will be of interest and value not only to undergraduate and graduate students and professional scholars, but also to anyone interested in the myths of the ancient Greeks and their impact on western tradition.

Contents:

Introduction: Muthoi in Continuity and Variation / Roger D. Woodard 1

Part 1 Sources and Interpretations 15

1 Lyric and Greek Myth / Gregory Nagy 19

2 Homer and Greek Myth / Gregory Nagy 52

3 Hesiod and Greek Myth / Roger D. Woodard 83

4 Tragedy and Greek Myth / Richard Buxton 166

5 Myth in Aristophanes / Angus Bowie 190

6 Plato Philomythos / Diskin Clay 210

7 Hellenistic Mythographers / Carolyn Higbie 237

Part 2 Response, Integration, Representation 255

8 Greek Myth and Greek Religion / Claude Calame 259

9 Myth and Greek Art: Creating a Visual Language / Jenifer Neils 286

10 Mythic Landscapes of Greece / Ada Cohen 305

11 Politics and Greek Myth / Jonathan M. Hall 331

12 Ovid and Greek Myth / A. J. Boyle 355

Part 3 Reception 383

13 Women and Greek Myth / Vanda Zajko 387

14 Let Us Make Gods in Our Image: Greek Myth in Medieval and Renaissance Literature / H. David Brumble 407

15 'Hail, Muse! et cetera': Greek Myth in English and American Literature / Sarah Annes Brown 425

16 Greek Myth on the Screen / Martin M. Winkler 453.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-510) and index.

ISBN:

9780521845205

0521845203

9780521607261

0521607264

OCLC:

83609583

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