Pausanias in the world of greek myth / Greta Hawes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawes, Greta, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

The author uses Pausanias's Periegesis to illuminate the spatial dynamics of Greek myth, showing how apparently conflicting local versions belonged to a unifying cultural expression.

Contents:

Cover

Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction: With Pausanias as Guide

The de facto mythographer

The investigative storyteller

What lies ahead

1: Sightseeing

A world in words

Sightseeing in Thebes

Tracking Heracles

Reading, thinking, seeing, and doing

2: Taking Bearings

Mythographic topographies

Webs of references

Grave markers

The fate of Hyrnetho

3: Encounters

Replicas

Relics

Residues

Ruins

4: Localisms

The local-and locals

Thebes, city of quotations

Corinth, city of immigrants

Mycenae, city of the dead

Messenia, land of opportunity

Collectivism

Conclusion: Pausanias the Companion

Where have we ended up?

Appendix 1: Catalogue of Cross-References Relating to Mythical Material

Appendix 2: Catalogue of Ruined Cities

References

Index Locorum

General Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256869-8

0-19-187109-5

0-19-256868-X

OCLC:

1267761319