The Story of Myth / / Sarah Iles Johnston.
Sarah Iles Johnston argues that the nature of myths as gripping tales starring vivid characters enabled them to do their most important work: sustaining belief in the gods and heroes of Greek religion. She shows how Greek myths—and the stories told by all cultures—affect our shared view of the cosmo...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Transliterations and Abbreviations
- 1. The Story of Myth
- 2. Ritual’s Handmaid
- 3. Narrating Myths
- 4. The Greek Mythic Story World
- 5. Characters
- 6. Metamorphoses
- 7. Heroes
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index of Names and Terms
- Index Locorum