Rationalizing myth in antiquity / Greta Hawes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawes, Greta, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myth--History.

Myth.

Palaephatus--Criticism and interpretation.

Palaephatus.

Conon, active 36 B.C.-17 A.D--Criticism and interpretation.

Conon.

Plutarch--Criticism and interpretation.

Plutarch.

Pausanias, active approximately 150-175--Criticism and interpretation.

Pausanias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Greek myths are characteristically fabulous; they are full of monsters, metamorphoses, and the supernatural. However, they could be told in other ways as well. This volume charts ancient dissatisfaction with the excesses of myth, and the various attempts to cut these stories down to size by explaining them as misunderstood accounts of actual events.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Palaephatus. Peri Apiston""; ""2 Heraclitus. Peri Apiston""; ""3 Anonymous. Peri Apiston""; ""4 Conon. Diegeseis""; ""5 Plutarch. Life of Theseus""; ""6 Pausanias. Periegesis""; ""Conclusion""; ""APPENDIX I The Date and Authenticity of Palaephatus, Peri Apiston""; ""APPENDIX II Translation of Anonymous, Peri Apiston""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index Locorum""; ""General Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-883103-X

0-19-177525-8

0-19-165340-3

OCLC:

891146413