Imaginary Greece : The Contexts of Mythology

Name: Imaginary Greece
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521338653
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ISBN: 9780521338653

by Richard Buxton

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521338654

ISBN-13 9780521338653

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 16th, 1994

Print length 268 Pages

Weight 364 grams

Dimensions 14.10 x 21.40 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval Ancient religions & mythologies Indigenous peoples in the Americas: religions, belief systems, cultural worldviews and spiritual beliefs

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This is a study of Greek myths in relation to the society in which they were originally told. It does not re-tell the myths: rather it offers an analysis of how myths played a fundamental role in the lives of the Greeks.

This is a study of Greek mythology in relation to its original contexts. Part one deals with the contexts in which myths were narrated: the home, public festivals, the lesche. Part two, the heart of the book, examines the relation between the realities of Greek life and the fantasies of mythology: the landscape, the family and religion are taken as case-studies. Part three focuses on the function of myth-telling, both as seen by the Greeks themselves and as perceived by later observers. The author sees his role as that of a cultural historian trying to recover the contexts and horizons of expectation which simultaneously make possible and limit meaning. He seeks to demonstrate how the seemingly endless variations of Greek mythology are a product of a particular community, situated in a particular landscape, and with these particular institutions.

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