Prolegomena Zu Einer Wissenschaftlichen Mythologie
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
ISBN-10
1108016685
ISBN-13
9781108016681
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 2nd, 2010
Print length
456 Pages
Weight
604 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 14.40 x 3.00 cms
Product Classification:
Ancient history: to c 500 CEAncient history
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This pioneering 1825 publication by the German classicist Karl Ottfried Müller (1797–1840) was one of the earliest scholarly books to investigate the origins and meaning of the Greek myths. Müller proposes methods for distinguishing the core components of myths from later reworkings, and suggests strategies for their interpretation.
This pioneering work by the influential German classicist Karl Ottfried Müller (1797–1840) was one of the earliest scholarly books to address the question of the origins and meaning of the Greek myths. Published in Göttingen in 1825, it proposes a definition of 'myth' and goes on to suggest how possible sources for myths might be identified in historical events. Müller discusses how the age of particular myths might be established, either from the dates of such events, or from datable references to the myths in literary sources, and how the original substance of a myth might be distinguished from later accretions or modifications in poetry and prose. He also considers the interpretation of myths and their symbolic functions. Müller concludes with examples of how his method might be applied to particular cases, and a chapter comparing his proposals with those of other scholars.
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