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Books on: greek myths history

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The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth

Book by Martin Barker, Roger Sabin; University Press of Mississippi, 1995

Subjects:

Canon (Literature), Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Appreciation--United States, Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Film And Video Adaptations, Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Last Of The Mohicans, Fiction, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--United States--History, Mohegan Indians In Literature, Myth In Literature, Popular Culture--United States--History, Social Values In Literature, United States--History--French And Indian War, 1755-1763--Literature And The War

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...much struggle to free it from its associations with all things Greek and Roman. Such processes are never tidy, and there are always...proceeded differently in Britain than in America. In Britain, Greek and Latin were strongly associated with the upper class Public...
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After the Fall: The Demeter-Persephone Myth in Wharton, Cather, and Glasgow

Book by Josephine Donovan; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989

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American fiction--20th century--History and criticism, Cather, Willa--1873-1947--Characters--Women, Demeter (Greek deity) in literature, Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson--1873-1945--Characters--Women, Mothers and daughters in literature, Myth in literature, Persephone (Greek deity) in literature, Wharton, Edith--1862-1937--Characters--Women

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the Demeter-Persephone myth in Wharton, Cather...fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. 2. Women...literature. 4. Demeter Greek deity in literature. 5. Persephone Greek deity in literature. 6. Myth in literature. 7. Wharton...
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Inspiration: Bacchus and the Cultural History of a Creation Myth

Book by John F. Moffitt; Brill, 2005

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Creation (Literary, Artistic, Etc.)--History, Dionysus (Greek Deity), Inspiration--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Classical Greece. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1972. -. The Ancient View of Greek Art: Criticism, History, and Terminology. Yale Univ. Press, 1974. Porter, Roy. A Social History of Madness: The World Through the Eyes of the Insane. New York...
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From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought

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

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Mythology, Greek, Philosophy, Ancient

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and rethinking what Greek history is all about. Far from...and logos were for the Greeks complementary cognitive...an integral part of Greek history, but it is...conceptually. 2 For the Greeks in particular, myth...memorable analogies between myth and history, past and...23-32 Memories and Myths . 3 C. Brillante...
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Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and Influence in the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod

Book by Charles Penglase; Routledge, 1994

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...However, the nature of the Greek myths in this study as traditional...works, in which form the myths are presented, since...concepts underlying the myths and the material involved...concretization of this idea in the myth, but the distinction...1, and Structure and History in Greek Mythology and...

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Journal Articles on: greek myths history

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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

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths. by Daniel B. Levine Greek...which modern re-tellers of Greek myths often distort for their...gods are central to ancient Greek myths; they do not care for...hypothesis or her assertion that Greek myths "can still offer a reliable...ignores other ways that ancient Greeks could have found solace in...
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Cassiodorus, Jordanes, and the History of the Goths: Studies in a Migration Myth

Journal article by Peter S. Wells; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Cassiodorus, Jordanes, and the History of the Goths: Studies in a Migration Myth (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Jordanes, and the History of the Goths: Studies in a Migration Myth. by Peter S. Wells...Studies in a Migration Myth. By Arne Soby Christensen...A review of relevant Greek and Roman writers reveals...borrowed from familiar Greek and Roman traditions...origin and migration myths were essential for creating...
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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...concluded (The Reception of Myth in English Romanticism...use of un-translated Greek and Latin, and casual...familiarity with the Bible, Greek mythology, and ancient...conviction that the Greek mystery cults, guided...thereby protected the Greeks from the worst effects...into epic poetry and history on the one hand, and...
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Gender, Myth, and Memory, Ethnic Continuity in Greek-American Narrative

Journal article by Katherine Zepantis Keller; MELUS, Vol. 20, 1995

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Ethnicity in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Greek Americans--Authorship, Immigrants--Bibliography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Gender, myth, and memory, ethnic...known novels of the Greek immigrant experience...experience (such as history, folklore, and...immigrants, the Greeks of the nineteenth...both cases, the myth of a diaspora was...Greek ethnie, a myth fostered by both...continuity of a Greek language. The resultant...layering" of myths, values, genres...known. For those Greeks who sought Ameriki...
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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

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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

...his philosophy of history owes to Giambattista...his writing of history is inversely proportional...Vicos reading of myth. Where Vico demythified...Where Vico read myths as the "civil histories of early peoples...Michelet produced myths for his contemporaries out of history: notably the myth of the French Revolution...

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Magazine Articles on: greek myths history

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Myth and Thought among the Greeks

Magazine article by Joseph Pearce; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, April 2008

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Books--Book reviews, Myth and Thought Among the Greeks (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...AND THOUGHT AMONG THE GREEKS by Jean-Pierre Vernant...Vernants approach to Greek myth is evident in the authors...creature who concocts myths as a product of his...et ratio, or between myth and reason, in the...and Thought Among the Greeks is also characterized...from the course of the history of mankind, with its...
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Gladiator and the Myths of Rome: T.P. Wiseman Looks at the Development of the Myth of Ancient Rome, Derived from the Way Its History Has Been Seen

Magazine article by T.P. Wiseman; History Today, Vol. 55, April 2005

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Gladiator (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Rome, Italy--History, Rome, Italy--Myths and legends

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Gladiator and the Myths of Rome: T...Development of the Myth of Ancient Rome...from the Way Its History Has Been Seen...own. When the Greek historian Polybius...definition of myth and history as mutually exclusive. Myths are stories that...as the defining myths of the community...ideal--the myth--lived on...
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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

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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...about their own pre-history. Oral stories from...Non-Celtic `oral history was invariably collected...interpreting Celtic myth in the light of history is that we can trace...these legends in sober histories written by their contemporaries...basin: usually the Greeks and Romans. For example...first place is due to Greek and Roman historians...
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Cleopatra: From History to Myth

Magazine article by Susan Walker; History Today, Vol. 51, April 2001

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Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Egypt--History, Statues--Exhibitions

Collections: History, Entire Library

Cleopatra: From History to Myth by Susan Walker CLEOPATRA ... `the...art and culture, long admired in the Greek cities of the Bay of Naples but regarded...from sweet princess through Hellenistic Greek queen to dominant ruler, the last recalling...
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Books: The Publisher Canongate Has Asked an International Panel of Starry Writers to Update Myths for Modern Audiences. but How Successful Can Such Retellings Ever Be? Simon Goldhill Assesses the First Three Works in the Series, While (Opposite) Canongate Boss Jamie Byng Remembers How It All Began

Magazine article by Simon Goldhill, Jamie Byng; New Statesman, Vol. 134, October 31, 2005

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A Short History of Myth (Book), Books--Book reviews, The Penelopiad (Book), The Wisdom of the Ancients (Book)--Book reviews

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...Starry Writers to Update Myths for Modern Audiences. but...pounds sterling12 A Short History of Myth Karen Armstrong Canongate...children are introduced to Greek myth. One reason Canongates new Myths series is an intriguingly...

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Newspaper Articles on: greek myths history

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Ancient Myth and History Combine in a Greek Odyssey

Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), December 28, 2010

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

Ancient Myth and History Combine in a Greek Odyssey. HAPPY is the...the iconic Zorba the Greek, who, before dying...islands, steeped in myth. Beneath the granite...and friendly than the myths would suggest. One of...
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GREECE I S THE WORD; They May Be Short of Money, but the Greeks Are Rich in History, Myth and Stunning Scenery - as Joanna Lumley Found out in Her Quirky New ITV1 Travel Series

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 8, 2011

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Lumley, Joanna, Television programs

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

...Short of Money, but the Greeks Are Rich in History, Myth and Stunning Scenery...travelogue, Joanna Lumleys Greek Odyssey, which starts...of gods, legends and myths, and I wanted to see...Smith Joanna Lumleys Greek Odyssey, ITV1, Thursday, 9pm. JOANNA LUMLEYS GREEK ODYSSEY OLYMPIA Only...
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`Myths' as Seen through Eyes of Children: Greek Tales Depicted in World Bank Exhibit

Newspaper article by Paige Bowers; The Washington Times, October 14, 1997

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Capital Children's Museum, Cyprus, World Bank

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

`Myths as seen through eyes of children: Greek tales depicted in...an audience that myths and legends always precede history. "It took Hercules...depiction of the myth. "And its taken...Hercules isnt the only myth brought to life with...World Bank exhibit "Myths, Legends and Stories...
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SAILING THE GREEK MYTH; GREECE TOURISM; A DVERTISEMENT FEATURE; A Sailing Holiday around the Greek Islands Is the Perfect Way to Discover Beautiful Places on a Voyage of Unforgettable Discovery

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 7, 2009

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Sailing--Discovery and exploration, Tourism--Discovery and exploration, Travel industry--Discovery and exploration

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

SAILING THE GREEK MYTH; GREECE TOURISM; A DVERTISEMENT...Sailing Holiday around the Greek Islands Is the Perfect Way...literature. Youve read the Greek myth...now discover the...dazzled by the 3,000 years of history - and amazed by the stunning...
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Roam the World of Greek Myths

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 4, 2004

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

Roam the World of Greek Myths. Byline: Joseph Szadkowski...monsters of ancient Greek myth," says Annabel Orchard...wonder from an ancient Greek city to explore the sections...Who, Ask the Oracle, History, and Goodies. For example...Apollo. This lover of myths stopped by the Library...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: greek myths history

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Greek Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...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...See M. P. Nilsson, A History of Greek Religion (tr...K. C. Guthrie, The Greeks and Their Gods (1950...
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History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...sophisticated oral histories. African peoples have long relied on oral histories to learn about their...developed its own written histories. In the 1550s the...elaborate account of the history and mythology of the...Western Historiography Greek and Roman Historiography...until the time of the Greeks that historiography...interests; he recorded myths, described customs...
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Berossus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...cent. b.c., Babylonian priest-historian; contemporary of Manetho . His work, in Greek, preserved Mesopotamian myths regarding creation and history. It survives in fragments quoted by Josephus and Eusebius of Caesarea...
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MÜller, Karl Otfried

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...39), lecturing on art history, literature, mythology...to promote the study of Greek life as a whole, and...research into the sources of Greek myths. His chief work was the...hellenischer Stamme und Stadte history of Hellenic origins and...
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Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Interpretations of Myths There have been...poor versions of history, and have attempted...Some ancient Greeks explained myths...who reduced the Greek gods to moral...identified with the Greek word for time...Muller , who saw myths evolving out...seems absurd in myth, he suggested...theory is that myths, including Scripture...corruptions of history; thus Deucalion...

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