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Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and Influence in the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod

Book by Charles Penglase; Routledge, 1994

Subjects:

Hesiod--Theogony, Hesiod--Works And Days, Homeric Hymns, Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian, Mythology, Greek

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...only briefly to the myth, and the role of...ideas in the birth myth of Athena completes the analysis of early archaic Greek myths in pursuit of parallels with Mesopotamian myths. The presentation of the motifs in this myth is mostly by means...
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The Origin of the Gods: A Psychoanalytic Study of Greek Theogonic Myth

Book by Richard Caldwell; Oxford University Press, 1993

Subjects:

Gods, Greek--Psychology, Mythology, Greek--Psychology, Psychoanalysis And Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...a remarkable event, occurring during the first year of life, which will be of great importance in our analysis of the Greek creation myths: the childs initial awareness of himself as a separate being, and the ambivalent emotional situation...
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From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought

Book by Richard R. Buxton; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Mythology, Greek, Philosophy, Ancient

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...took place when the Greeks work in philosophy...logos in cosmogonic myth from the start...of such tales--myths in practice...main thrust of his analysis is directed at uncovering...as vehicles of myth , and to the risks...telling, he shows how myth is deployed to reinforce...experience. Tragic myths are simultaneously...that what we can Greek myths 57 exhibit...
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The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm

Book by John Ruskin; Biblo-Moser, 1869

Subjects:

Athena (Greek Deity), Mythology, Greek

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

nature of Greek religion and legend from the poem of Keats...and true; while the work of historical analysis is too often weak with loss, through...requirements, then, for the right reading of myths, is the understanding of the nature of...
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Greek Myths and Christian Mystery

Book by Hugo S. J. Rahner; Biblo and Tannen, 1971

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions--Greek, Greece--Religion, Mysteries, Religious, Mythology, Greek

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...some connexion with the cults cannot be traced -- provided always, of course, that we proceed in the spirit of our previous analysis and continue the same scrupulous scrutiny of the source material. We should now be clear in our minds -- in theory at any...

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Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths

Journal article by Daniel B. Levine; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...What We Can Learn from Myths. by Daniel B. Levine...modern re-tellers of Greek myths often distort for...are central to ancient Greek myths; they do not care...or her assertion that Greek myths "can still offer...other ways that ancient Greeks could have found solace...of her material. The analysis is not deep, but it...
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Between Myth and History: Michelet, Levi-Strauss, Barthes, and the Structural Analysis of Myth

Journal article by Dan Edelstein; CLIO, Vol. 32, 2003

Subjects:

Barthes, Roland--Criticism and interpretation, Discourse analysis, Historiography--Methods, Historiography--Political aspects, Levi-Strauss, Claude--Criticism and interpretation, Michelet, Jules--Criticism and interpretation, Myth--Influence, Mythology--Influence

Collections: History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and the Structural Analysis of Myth. by Dan Edelstein At...Structural Study of Myth" to authorize his otherwise...canonical formula" of all myth. Of the many sources...regret over his foray into Greek mythology, with his...controversial hypothesis that all myths are in fact variations...
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The Myth of Old European Feminism: The Importance of Socio-Cultural Contextual Analysis

Journal article by Dov Liberman, Christopher Blazina; The Journal of Men's Studies, Vol. 11, 2003

Subjects:

Feminism--History, Myth--Analysis, Mythology--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...cultural contextual analysis. by Dov Liberman...that the prevailing myths of a culture or sub...of experience. By myth we mean a socially...experience. For example, myths can govern various...beliefs. Because myths represent an unquestioned...unfortunately common use of myth is to make contemporary...mythic paradigms about Greek gods and goddesses...
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Myths in Transformation Processes

Journal article by Elke Weik; International Studies of Management & Organization, Vol. 31, 2001

Subjects:

Change--Psychological aspects, Germany--Social aspects, Intellect--Social aspects, Learning, Psychology of--Research, Myth--Social aspects, Thought and thinking--Analysis

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...literature (like the Greek myths of Oedipus or the Minotaur...historians, after taking myths as pure fantasies for...fetched to look for myths in contemporary transformation...dealt with the topic of myth. It "appeared" in...major thesis of this analysis concerning transformation...
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Barry Hannah's Anti-Myth Method: Anti-Freudian Plots and Fractured Fairy Tales

Journal article by James B. Potts III; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001

Subjects:

American literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Authors, American--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hannah, Barry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Myth--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Style, Literary--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...forbidden." Unlike the heroes of Greek myth, though, he does not slay...shaping the world according to myths does not help these men, and...Liars" exemplifies the anti-myth theme characteristic of Hannahs...serves two conflicting purposes: myths do make the mysterious tolerable...

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Greek Myths

Magazine article by Duncan Weldon; Soundings, Summer 2010

Subjects:

Bailouts, Budget deficits, Coalition governments, Debt, Economic conditions, Economic development, Government spending, Gross Domestic Product--GDP, Interest rates, Recessions, Refinancing

Collections: Entire Library

...Like all good myths this story contains...lending to the Greek state, despite...in the final analysis, Greece cannot...be true. The Greek myth, that spending...becoming a European myth. Austerity packages...In the final analysis the story needs...
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Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information

Magazine article by John J. Reilly; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 1999

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

TECHGNOSIS: MYTH, MAGIC, AND MYSTICISM IN...John J. Reilly TECHGNOSIS: MYTH, MAGIC, AND MYSTICISM IN...cyber," is derived from the Greek word for "pilot," and it...the Internet to postmodern analysis, Davis observes: "The fact...
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Celtic Myths: Celtic History? Simon Young Reveals the Limitations of Oral Legends as Historical Sources

Magazine article by Simon Young; History Today, Vol. 52, April 2002

Subjects:

Celtic literature--Analysis, Celts--History, Folklore and history--Analysis, History--Sources, Legends--Analysis, Literature and history--Analysis, Medievalism--Study and teaching, Oral history--Analysis

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Celtic myths: Celtic history? Simon...in interpreting Celtic myth in the light of history...Mediterranean basin: usually the Greeks and Romans. For example...first place is due to Greek and Roman historians...using for the second Greek and Roman historians...story and Brennos in the Greek invasion: Brennos could...treasure used by the Greeks/Irish brings supernatural...
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Eavan Boland's Gift: Sex, History, and Myth

Magazine article by Shara Mccallum; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Winter 2004

Subjects:

Poetry, Poetry--Analysis

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Mother Love. Based on the Greek myth of Persephone and Demeter...mothers and daughters via that myth. When Dove read from Mother...experimenting with retelling myths, stories, and legends in poems...went home thinking about the myth and a few days later began working...
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Jesus in Smallville: The Myths of Jesus' Childhood

Magazine article by Robert M. Price; Free Inquiry, Vol. 23, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Bible (Sacred work)--Criticism and interpretation, Jesus Christ--Behavior, Jesus Christ--Portrayals, Religion--Analysis, Sacred books--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...books are the modern American myths, it is not surprising to find parallels between them and ancient myths. And these parallels can be...human, but only "appeared" (Greek: dolceo) to be so, like a myth of Zeus coming down to Earth...

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Finding Religion in Myth; Returning to Ancient Theology

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 9, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...who tampered with the myths, the author sets about...readings of traditional myths and narratives in ancient...as it is described in myth." From the dynamic...most from her rigorous analysis. But even a lay reader...Freed from seeing the myths as merely the playground...the most important Greek religious text") that...Zeus favors the Greeks," etc. These headings...
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Sifting Ancient Fact from Modern Fiction; Alison Jones Discovers the True Genius of the Ancient Egyptians at an Exhibition Aiming to Quash Some of the More Extreme Hollywood Theories

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 10, 2011

Subjects:

Art exhibitions--Analysis, Art exhibitions--Exhibitions, Art--Analysis, Art--Exhibitions

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...some of these millennia old myths and mysteries, and also to...the Great, the Macedonian Greek, who came in and you got a dynasty of Greek rulers. "People are very familiar with Greek culture, how powerful that...they are seeing were built by Greeks but they are completely Egyptian...
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Harsh Cuts? No, a Sleight of Hand by Confidence Trickster Lenihan

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 31, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Mr Lenihan is peddling myths about his cuts. The...Communications Ministers economic analysis appears to be drawn from...brave to be condemning analysis by Professor Kelly PhD...have to wonder how much analysis by international commentators...made for years about the Greek finance ministers figures...
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Is This the Eye-Witness Proof That Jesus Lived?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 23, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...bearing a few verses in Greek. But the Jesus Papyrus...as such dealt with myth, not fact, effectively...the most detailed analysis of each stroke of...creations; that is, myths designed by a committee...a word which in Greek could refer to an...fluent in Aramaic and Greek - and might also...
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It Was Only in the Hours before the Funeral That I, Who Had So Often Mocked Her, Learned the Humbling Truth about Diana's Awesome Power; 'Saint Diana': The Vehicle for Our Longing to Belong to Something Greater Than Ourselves

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 31, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...averse to the growing myth of Holy Diana, Diana...I now feel humbled. Myths may not be based on truth, but we need myths totell us that we can...actually a Macedonian Greek. But the Cleopatra myththe myth of love, beauty and...glib answer, the swift analysis, did not seem adequate...

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History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Western Historiography Greek and Roman Historiography...until the time of the Greeks that historiography...interests; he recorded myths, described customs...fable. The second great Greek historian, Thucydides...The third of the great Greek historians, Xenophon...influenced by Marxist class analysis, wrote histories of...

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