An analysis of antient mythology MDCCCVI / by Jacob Bryant ; edited by Robert D. Morritt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, Jacob.

Contributor:

Morritt, Robert D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology.

History, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jacob Bryant (1715-1804) was an eminent scholar and mythographer, who has been described as ""the outstanding figure among the mythagogues who flourished in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries"". His work "An analysis of Antient(sic) Mythology", has been regarded as one of the most in-depth Classical works on Ancient Greece and contemporary areas Otherin the ancient world.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; A NEW SYSTEM, OR AN ANALYSIS OF ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY; DISSERTATION UPON THE HELLADIAN AND OTHER GRECIAN WRITERS; SOME NECESSARY RULES AND OBSERVATIONS IN RESPECT TO ETYMOLOGICAL ENQUIRIES; AND FOR THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MYTHOLOGY OF GREECE; A NEW SYSTEM OR AN ANALYSIS OF ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY; OF WORSHIP PAID AT CAVERNS AND OF THE ADORATION OF FIRE IN THE FIRST AGES; OF THE OMPHI AND OF THE WORSHIP UPON HIGH PLACES; PATOR AND PATRA; AN ACCOUNT OF THE GODS OF GREECE; NOTES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-283-14253-8

9786613142535

1-4438-2805-X

OCLC:

821179824