A Companion To Greek Mythology

A Companion to Greek Mythology presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth from its origins in shared Indo-European story patterns and the Greeks?contacts with their Eastern Mediterranean neighbours through its development as a shared language and thought-system for the Greco-Roman world. Features essays from a prestigious international team of literary experts Includes coverage of Greek myth's intersection with history, philosophy and religion Introduces readers to topics in mythology that are often inaccessible to non-specialists Addresses the Hellenistic and Roman periods as well as Archaic and Classical Greece

• • Author: Ken Dowden, Niall Livingstone
• • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• • Publication Date: Jan 28, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 672 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1118785169
• • ISBN-13: 9781118785164