Interpreting the Images of Greek Myths - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Klaus Junker is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Classical Archaeology, Mainz University. He has published extensively on ancient Greek sculpture, architecture and mythological imagery as well as on the history of classical archaeology. Klappentext A concise introduction highlighting theoretical and methodological issues and describing the strategies ancient artists used in order to instruct and persuade. Zusammenfassung In ancient Greece and Rome textual and pictorial versions of myths coexisted. This 2011 book provides a concise introduction to the interpretation of the images of Greek myths and describes the strategies ancient artists used in order to instruct and persuade. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Achilles and Patroklos in the Trojan War: an introductory case study; 2. Definitions: myth and mythological image; 3. The production of myths and of mythological images - stages in the historical development; 4. Types of monument and fields of function; 5. Methods; 6. Content and intention.

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• Authors: Klaus Junker, Junker Klaus
• Assisted by: Annemarie Kunzl-Snodgrass (Translation), Annemarie Künzl-Snodgrass (Translation), Anthony Snodgrass (Translation), Snodgrass Anthony (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9780521720076
• ISBN: 978-0-521-72007-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, History of Art, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient Greek style