Details

Subject(s)

• Mythology, Greek [Browse]

Related name

Bremmer, Jan N. [Browse]

Series

• Routledge revivals. [More in this series]
• Routledge Revivals

Summary note

Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the 'Paris school' of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths, all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically, the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected, with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history, ritu

Notes

First published in 1987 by Croom Helm Ltd.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Table; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. What is a Greek Myth?; 2. Oriental and Greek Mythology: The Meeting of Parallels; 3. Oedipus and the Greek Oedipus Complex; 4. Wolves and Werewolves in Greek Thought; 5. Orpheus: A Poet Among Men; 6. Reflections, Echoes and Amorous Reciprocity: On Reading the Narcissus Story; 7. Greek Myth and Ritual: The Case of Kronos; 8. Spartan Genealogies: The Mythological Representation of a Spatial Organisation; 9. Myths of Early Athens
• 10. Myth as History: The Previous Owners of the Delphic Oracle11. Three Approaches to Greek Mythography; 12. Greek Mythology: A Select Bibliography (1965 - 1989); Index

ISBN

• 0-415-74452-0
• 1-317-80023-0
• 1-315-81300-9
• 1-317-80024-9
• 9781315813004

OCLC

897459451

Doi

10.4324/9781315813004

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