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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

...definition of myth in the recent Encyclopedia of Religion : 1 A myth is an expression of the sacred...become the general matrix of myth as such. I, for one, would...sacred out of the definition of myth, and would rather take traditional tale as a starting point: myths are traditional tales with...
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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

...reprinted from Three Greek Plays , translated by...From The Gods of the Greeks by C. Kerenyi. Copyright...Excerpts from The Womans Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets...of Penguin USA. The Greek Myths , edited by Robert...OFlaherty, ed. Hindu Myths . The Hamlyn Publishing...from Padraic Colum, Myths of the World . Holt...Turville-Petre, Myth and Religion of the...
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Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking

Book by Michael Fishbane; Oxford University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Bible--O.T--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Myth In The Old Testament, Rabbinical Literature

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Edmunds (ed.), Approaches to Greek Myth (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University...Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth (Oxford: Clarendon Press...rewards. West (p. 123) notes Greek myths in which wandering gods in disguise...
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Classical Myth & Culture in the Cinema

Book by Martin M. Winkler; Oxford University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Myth In Motion Pictures, Mythology In Motion Pictures

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...45: Colometry and Music, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies...Music of Ancient Greece: An Encyclopedia (London: Faber and Faber, 1978), 294; Andrew Barker, Greek Music Writings , vol. 1...archaic in the study of ancient Greek music has traditionally been...
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Wonders Divine: The Development of Blake's Kabbalistic Myth

Book by Sheila A. Spector; Bucknell University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Blake, William--1757-1827--Knowledge--Mythology, Blake, William--1757-1827--Religion, Cabala In Literature, Judaism And Literature--England, Judaism In Literature, Mysticism In Literature, Myth In Literature, Mythology, Jewish

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...that by replacing the Greek myth-that Brutus founded...formulate an English myth of origin. 42. Martin...KABBALISM: TRANSFORMING MYTHS 1. It should be noted...Milton in Laura Dabundos Encyclopedia of Romanticism: Culture...form in which Romantic myth-makers confronted the...

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Greek Myths, Christian Mysteries, and the Tautegorical Symbol

Journal article by Nicholas Halmi; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 36, 2005

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Religious aspects, Greek mythology--Influence, Prometheus Bound (Play)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

Greek Myths, Christian Mysteries...The Reception of Myth in English Romanticism...conviction that the Greek mystery cults...thereby protected the Greeks from the worst effects...lecture that the Greek gods are allegorical...had turned to the Greeks for evidence that...because the theory of Greek mythology as a philosopheme...284). (3) The Encyclopedia of the Romantic...
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The Literacy Myth at Thirty

Journal article by Harvey J. Graff; Journal of Social History, Vol. 43, 2010

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Literacy--Economic aspects, Literacy--Political aspects, Literacy--Social aspects, Literacy--United Kingdom

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to some extent from myths about the place of literacy...followed from the literacy myths canonization of the classical Greek alphabet. Thus the adoption of the literacy myth could derive from a...John Duffy "Literacy Myths," Encyclopedia of Language and Education...Graff, The Literacy Myth: Literacy and. Social...
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Re-reading the X-Files: The Trickster in Contemporary Conspiracy Myth

Journal article by Leroy G. Dorsey; Western Journal of Communication, Vol. 66, 2002

Subjects:

Conspiracies, The X-Files (Television program)--Criticism and interpretation, Trickster--Criticism and interpretation, Trickster--Social aspects, Tricksters--Criticism and interpretation, Tricksters--Social aspects

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...Native American folktales to Greek mythology to contemporary American...a "contemporary conspiracy myth:" a myth whose protagonists have evolved...introduction in the conspiracy myth heralds a change in the way...the paranoia produced in such myths works toward the benefit of...
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King Arthur at Oxbridge: Nicholas Cantelupe, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and Cambridge's Arthurian Foundation Myth

Journal article by Ad Putter; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003

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Arthurian romances--History, Cambridge University--History, Manuscripts, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc., University of Oxford--History

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the Arthurian Encyclopedia and Bibliography...competing foundation myths of Nicholass rival...university foundation myths went, this one was...with a foundation myth of their own. The...philosophy, for which the Greeks were renowned. Some...philosophers, who were Greek, left as it were...
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Staging Hope: Genre, Myth, and Ideology in the Dramas of the Hunt Circle

Journal article by Jeffrey N. Cox; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 38, 1996

Subjects:

Literature--History And Criticism, Philology

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...It is interesting in this context to note that the only Greek drama that Shelley translated in its entirety was Euripides...Allan Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ( 1725 ). While the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics confidently announces that Ramsays is...

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A Roundup of Activities

Magazine article by Melissa Karsh; Humanities, Vol. 27, November 2006

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Botanical gardens, College students, Community centers, Conferences, Councils, Encyclopedias, Libraries, Offshore drilling, Performing arts, Photography

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...SOUTH CAROLINA The new South Carolina Encyclopedia will be discussed on November 1 at...Waccamaw Neck Library in Georgetown. The encyclopedia contains two thousand entries from...Sullivan, editor of the West Virginia Encyclopedia and executive director of the West...
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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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...guidebooks, and encyclopedias. You could enter...Please Almanac or the Encyclopedia Americana left you...fervent believers in encyclopedias and libraries...for fairy tales and Greek myths and "young peoples...When I checked the encyclopedia, I learned that Holland...
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Literature and Cd-rom: Strange Bedfellows or the Marriage of True Minds?

Magazine article by J. R. Griffin; Computers in Libraries, Vol. 16, May 1996

Subjects:

Books, CD-ROM, Childrens literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...hated English class. On Myths of Ancient Greece...childrens stories and Greek myths, a natural candidate...Our Times: Multimedia Encyclopedia of the 20th Century...references and the Columbia Encyclopedia included, this new...
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Critic' Choices for Christmas

Magazine article by Sara Maitland, Robert Coles, Rembert G. Weakland, Suzanne Keen, Frank Mcconnell, Alane Mason, Ron Hansen; Commonweal, Vol. 121, December 2, 1994

Subjects:

Bibliography--Best books, Books--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religious literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...intelligent retelling of the Greek myths. They are still all around...fierce, wild power of the Greek virgin goddesses; the sense...ability to be nourished by myth - by the deep stories, the...other end of the scale, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behavior...
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Mythic Creatures, Bigger Than Life

Magazine article by Edward Summer; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 31, September 2007

Subjects:

Animal sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Animal sculpture--Exhibitions, Animals, Mythical--Portrayals, Mythical animals--Portrayals

Collections: Entire Library

...The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times (Princeton University Press...both ways. Heres a three-dimensional encyclopedia of the worlds most titillating and persistent myths, accompanied by some wondrous detective...

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Eye-Catching Site for Greek Myths

Newspaper article by Joe Szadkowski; The Washington Times, October 14, 2001

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

...catching site for Greek myths by Joe Szadkowski Byline: Joe Szadkowski Greek mythology has been ingrained...study and enjoyment of Greek mythology," Mr. Skidmore...I personally enjoy Greek mythology, and I like...Heroes," "Today" and "Encyclopedia." An obvious starting...

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Greek Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...picture of the early Greek religion as it evolved...elements. This phase of Greek religion is called Homeric...Through a vast set of myths and legends (the clearest...future to humanity. The Greeks did not consider immortality...Olympian world. The Greeks, however, did expect...deities, and each of the Greek city-states came to...
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Medusa , in Greek Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

MEDUSA , in Greek mythology m doo s , in Greek mythology, most famous of the three monstrous Gorgon...Because of this power, her image frequently appeared on Greek armor. In some myths Athena used the Medusa head on her aegis...
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Python , in Greek Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

PYTHON , in Greek mythology in Greek mythology, a huge serpent. In some myths the infant Apollo slew Python at the oracle of Gaea in Delphi; in others Apollo killed the serpent in order to claim the oracle for himself. The Pythian games celebrated...
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Prometheus , in Greek Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

PROMETHEUS , in Greek mythology prome the s, in Greek mythology, great benefactor of mankind. He was the son of...chained Prometheus to a mountain peak in the Caucasus. In some myths he was released by Hercules; in others Zeus restored his...
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Leda , in Greek Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

LEDA , in Greek mythology , in Greek mythology, daughter of Thestios, king of Aetolia, and wife of...issued Castor and Pollux, from the other Helen (and, in some myths, Clytemnestra). Castor and Clytemnestra, however, are usually...

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