Myth and the Polis

This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the ancient Greek polis, or city-state, during crucial periods in archaic and classical Greece. Examining the diverse texts which crystallized Greek oral tradition, nine chapters by a multidisciplinary group of scholars focus both on the role of the community as the shaper and transmitter of myth and on the function of myth and ritual in the development of political authority in Greek society.

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edited by Dora C. Pozzi and John M. Wickersham

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This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the ancient Greek polis, or city-state, during crucial periods in archaic and classical Greece. Examining the diverse texts which crystallized Greek oral tradition, nine chapters by a multidisciplinary...

Product details

• Assisted by: Dora C Pozzi (Editor), Dora C. Pozzi (Editor), Dora Carlisky Pozzi (Editor), John M Wickersham (Editor), John M. Wickersham (Editor)
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.1991
• EAN: 9780801424731
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-2473-1
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 555 g
• Series: Myth and Poetics; Myth and Poetics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works