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Book Title
Classical Myth
Publish Year
2006
Edition
5
ISBN
9780131962941

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN-10
0131962949
ISBN-13
9780131962941
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50874261

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
752 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Classical Myth
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Folklore & Mythology, General
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Author
Barry B. Powell
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
37.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
5
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2006-041633
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
292.1/3
Table Of Content
PART I. DEFINITIONS AND BACKGROUND. 1. The Nature of Myth. 2. The Cultural Context of Classical Myth. 3. The Development of Classical Myth. PART II. DIVINE MYTH. 4. Myths of Creation: The Rise of Zeus. 5. Myths of Creation. 6. Myths of the Olympians: Zeus and Hera. 7. Myths of the Olympians: The Male Deities. 8. Myths of the Olympians: The Female Deities. 9. Myths of Fertility: Demeter. 10. Myths of Fertility: Dionysus. 11. Myths of Death: Encounters With The Underworld. PART III. LEGENDS. 12. Introduction to Heroic Myth. 13. Perseus and Myths of the Argive Plain. 14. Heracles. 15. Theseus and the Myths of Athens. 16. The Myths of Crete. 17. Oedipus and the Myths of Thebes. 18. Jason and the Myths of Iolcus and Calydon. 19. The Trojan War. 20. The Fall of Troy. 21. The Return of Odysseus. PART IV. ROMAN MYTH. 22. Legends of Aeneas. 23. Legends of Early Rome. PART V. INTERPRETATION. 24. Theories of Myth Interpretation. LIST OF PERSPECTIVES. 1.1 The "Myth" of Atlantis 1.2 The Brothers Grimm 4.1 Goya's Saturn Devouring His Children 4.2 The Biblical Creation Story 5.1 Prometheus and the Romantics 5.2 Plato's Aristophanes on Love and Human Origins 6.1 The Three Graces 6.2 The Loves of Zeus 7.1 Bernini's Apollo and Daphne 7.2 Pan and Pastoral Tradition 8.1 Venus: Images of Beauty 9.1 Rossetti's Proserpina Holding the Pomegranate 9.2 H.D.'s "Adonis" 10.1 Titian's Bacchus and Ariadnê 10.2 Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy 11.1 Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus 11.2 Michelangelo's The Sibyl of Cumae 11.3 Dante's Inferno 12.1 J.R.R. Tolkien's Hero in The Lord of the Rings 13.1 Vasari's Perseus and Andromeda 13.2 Classical Myth and the Stars 14.1 Daumier's Hercules in the Augean Stables 14.2 Carracci's Hercules at the Crossroads 15.1 Boccacio's Misfortunes of Famous Men 16.1 Picasso's Minotauromachia 16.2 Brueghel's The Fall of Icarus 17.1 Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx 18.1 Seneca's Medea 18.2 Delacroix's Mèdèe 19.1 Yeats' "Leda and the Swan" 19.2 The Beauty of Helen 20.1 Seamus Heaney's Suicide of Ajax 20.2 The Trojan War in European Art 20.3 Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida 21.1 Ulysses 21.2 The Legends of Odysseus 21.3 Cavafy's " Ithaca " 22.1 Aeneas, Augustus, and Mussolini 23.1 David's Oath of the Horatii 23.2 The Lucretia of Rembrandt and Shakespeare 24.1 Apuleius' Allegory of Cupid and Psychê MAPS. I. The Ancient Mediterranean. II. Southern And Central Greece. III. The Ancient Near East. IV. Ancient Italy. V. Imperial Rome. VI. Greece, the Aegean, and Western Asia Minor.
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
For courses in Classical Mythology in Classics, English, or other departments. Comprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed and class-tested text presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner. It features fresh translations, numerous illustrations (ancient and modern) of classical myths and legends, and commentary that emphasizes the anthropological, historical, religious, sociological, and economic contexts in which the myths were told. It also provides a cultural context so that students can see how mythology has influenced the world and how it continues to influence society today., Comprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed and class-tested text presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner. It features fresh translations, numerous illustrations (ancient and modern) of classical myths and legends, and commentary that emphasizes the anthropological, historical, religious, sociological, and economic contexts in which the myths were told.This book covers myths of creation, myths of fertility, myths of the Olympians, Heracles, Oedipus, Trojan War, Roman Myth, Odysseus, and more. It also introduces students to classic literary works by Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Ovid.For anyone interested in learning more about the creation and modern interpretation of classical myths.
LC Classification Number
BL722.P68 2007

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