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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

...be of value to examine the myth to see how far it compares...parallels with Mesopotamian myths or influence in early archaic...specifically the action of the myth rather than its purpose and...Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary, British Museum Press, London...depicted in Stephanie Dalley, Myths from Mesopotamia, Oxford University...
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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

...in the formation and interpretation of myths. It is these three -- symbolism, decomposition...elements from the day residue of dream or myth into the original fantasy structure...interpreted only by reference to a cultural dictionary of symbols. Neither reason, however...and even more obvious to the ancient Greeks, who regularly referred to Earth as...
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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

...Christus " The Saving Significance of Baptism in Christ , in G. Kittel, Theologisches Worterbuch zum Neuen Testament Theological Dictionary of the New Testament , I , Stuttgart, 1933, p. 539. 4 LIdeal religieux des Grecs , p. 219.
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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

...1997 eds. , The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion New...1971 , Early Greek Philosophy and the Orient Oxford . ----- 1982 , Greek Metre Oxford...1986 , Early Greek Philosophy , in J. Boardman...
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The World of Myth

Book by David Adams Leeming; Oxford University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Myth, Mythology

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...general encyclopedia or dictionary of mythology, as well...editions of the major Greek and Roman epics and the Greek tragedies. The myths selected are representative...with some emphasis on myths that have influenced...Western culture. These myths are used to illustrate...which an approach to myth is gradually revealed...

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Myths and Traditional Beliefs about the Wolf and the Crow in Central Asia: Examples from the Turkic Wu-Sun and the Mongols

Journal article by Namu Jila; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 65, 2006

Subjects:

Central Asia--Myths and legends, Crows (Birds)--Portrayals, Crows (Birds)--Religious aspects, Mongolia--Myths and legends, Turkic literature--Criticism and interpretation, Wolves--Portrayals, Wolves--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...to Greek mythology. Greek myths were refined and systematized...REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII Great dictionary of the Tu-jue Language...REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII Dictionary of the mythology of...REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII Myth and history of culture...language groups and related myths and legends. TEXT NOT...
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Thoughts on a New Volume of a Hittite Dictionary

Journal article by Harry A. Jr. Hoffner; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120, 2000

Subjects:

Hittites--Dictionaries and encyclopedias, Indo-Europeans--History, Puhvel, Jaan--Authorship

Collections: History, Entire Library

...H. Hoffner, Hittite Myths (Atlanta, 1990); V Haas...in the organization of the dictionary and one that the editor can...should make some analysis in a dictionary article! On p. 150 ad KBo...additions to volumes 1-3 of this dictionary. I have not taken the time...
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Black and White Myths: Etymology and Dialectics in Mallarmé's "Sonnet En YX"

Journal article by Paul Allen Miller; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 36, 1994

Subjects:

Literature--History And Criticism, Philology

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...3.517; Oxford Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Oxford University...Robert Graves, The Greek Myths (New York: Penguin Books...Smiths Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and...wisdom (Latin mens , Greek menos ) and of dawn...
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Bibliography of Classical Folklore Scholarship: Myths, Legends, and Popular Beliefs of Ancient Greece and Rome

Journal article by Adrienne Mayor; Folklore, Vol. 111, 2000

Subjects:

Folklore--Scholarships and fellowships, Legends--Study and teaching, Mythology--Study and teaching

Collections: Entire Library

...the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edn.) William...trace patterns of ancient Greek myth in modern culture...the great hunter of Greek myth) as the central...decoding the function of Greek myths in their narrative and...situations in legend and myth. Calame, Claude...
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The Image of Ganymede in France, 1730-1820: the Survival of a Homoerotic Myth

Journal article by Michael Preston Worley; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 76, 1994

Subjects:

Art, Art criticism, Art history, Mythology, Sculpture

Collections: Entire Library

...The editor commented that the myth showed how the pagans regarded...obscenity in connection with the myth of Ganymede in Salon criticism...the noble character of the myth but instead he used it as an...mythographers reduced pagan myths to rationalistic and euhemerist...Church Fathers had renounced Greek philosophy as barbaric and...Voltaire insisted that the Greeks did not practice a love "that...

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Four Metaphors in Three Generations

Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 102, December 1993

Subjects:

Etymology, Greek language

Collections: Entire Library

...from my Oxford English Dictionary, that esoteric came...Eso means "within" in Greek, and therefore becomes...Anathemata. But anathema, in Greek, is an offering (literally, a thing set up). Greek churches still use the...personified flower to classical myths or current events. I...
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Reference Works

Magazine article by Jeffrey Hammond; American Scholar, Vol. 72, Winter 2003

Subjects:

Books and reading--Personal narratives, Reference books--Personal narratives, Reference works--Personal narratives

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...after shelf of dictionaries, atlases, handbooks...fairy tales and Greek myths and "young peoples...reference room: Bible dictionaries, Bible handbooks...pocket Websters Dictionary (only a Websters...Thesaurus, in Dictionary Form, which I...Langenscheidt Lilliput Dictionaries, French-English...
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New and Noteworthy

Magazine article; Contemporary Review, Vol. 284, February 2004

Subjects:

Reference books--Evaluation, Reference books--Product introduction, Reference works--Evaluation, Reference works--Product introduction

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...edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations...Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion ( amp...difficulty with Classical myths is the numerous variations...lay at the bottom of Greek mythology whilst Roman...included, in addition to Greek mythology and Roman festivals, Greek and Roman religious places...
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Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Magazine article by Jamila Gavin; New Statesman, Vol. 137, May 5, 2008

Subjects:

Belief and doubt--Religious aspects, Bible (Sacred work)--Social aspects, Jihad--Social aspects, Literary festivals--Personal narratives, Shakespeare, William--Appreciation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...isnt it as vital a reference tool as the Oxford English Dictionary? How can anyone study English literature, or indeed...civilisation, without a knowledge of the Bible and the Greek myths? Recently, on Desert Island Discs, Tariq Ali said...
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The Dragon: Mythical Beasts of the Middle East, Part 2

Magazine article by Rachel Hajar; World and I, Vol. 14, January 1999

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Animals, Mythical--Portrayals, Dragons--Portrayals, Mythical animals--Portrayals

Collections: Entire Library

...interchangeably in Greek myths and in the Bible...In the Greek myth of Hercules...Indian, and Greek traditions and...According to Indian myth, an influence...dragons survive. Myths are more than...The Hutchinson Dictionary of World Myth, Helicon Publishing...

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Ever Wondered Why Bob's Your Uncle? Book of the Week, REVIEW

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 1, 2004

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

...Posh And Other Language Myths by Michael Quinion Penguin...word where the popular myth is more interesting...at the Oxford English Dictionary who was given the task...in the Sixties. Most dictionaries of etymology are wide...Posh And Other Language Myths works well as a cheery...moments. Though its myth-breaking format means...say it comes from the Greek ollah kalla, meaning...
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Birds, Bees and the U.S. Army

Newspaper article by Suzanne Fields; The Washington Times, December 22, 1997

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

...cookies. These warriors of Greek mythology were so eager to...actually existed. The root of the myth is paradoxical. The Amazons...brute power. A modern feminist dictionary describes these women as...kinds of trouble. The Amazon myths ought to be required reading...We cant appeal to ancient myths for purity of ideology, but...

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