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Myth and History in Ancient Greece: The Symbolic Creation of a Colony
Claude Calame
Myth and History in Ancient Greece: The Symbolic Creation of a Colony
Claude Calame
Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed.
200 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 22, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780691114583 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 12 mm · 425 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Berman, Daniel W. |