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1 online resource (209 pages). |
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For Beginners
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For beginners.
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| Summary |
Would there be a Western civilization without the Greek myths? Would we be able to define our civilization and ourselves without some reference to the grand, violent, and venal doings of those denizens of Mount Olympus?Greek Mythology For Beginners presents the pantheon - that immortal collection of rogues and heroes, misfits and tyrants - and the stories about these deities and their dealings with the mortals. It delves into their undying influence on our thought and culture, and how each age from Rome to Shakespeare to Freud down to our own Marvel Comics and NASA has been enlightened, inform. |
| Contents |
IntroductIon; PART I. THE GODS, FROM CHAOS TO CHRISTMAS ; 1. CHAOS; 2. OURANOS AND GAEA ; 3. EROS ; 4. THE TITANS, THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; 5. THE TWELVE OLYMPIANS; 6. THE CAVALCADE OF OTHER DEITIES ; PART II. THE STORIES THAT INFORM ; 1. THE ALLEGORIES; 2. THE HEROES ; 3. THE EPICS OF HOMER ; PART III. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE MODERN WORLD; 1. ROME ; 2. THE RENAISSANCE ; 3. NEO-CLASSICISM ; 4. NIETZSCHE ; 5. FREUD; 6. POPULAR CULTURE ; CONCLUSION. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Mythology, Greek.
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Mythology, Greek. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. |
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism. |
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RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology. |
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Print version: Lee, Joe. Greek Mythology For Beginners. Newburyport : For Beginners, ©2013 9781934389836 |
| ISBN |
9781934389843 |
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1934389846 |
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9781934389836 |
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1934389838 |
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EB00185330 Recorded Books |
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