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Libros antiguos y modernos

Blok, Josine H.

THE EARLY AMAZONS Modern and Ancient Perspectives on a Persistent Myth Very Good with no dust jacket

E. J. Brill, 1995

235,00 €

Ancient World Books Bookshop

(Toronto, Ontario, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1995
ISBN
9004100776
Autor
Blok, Josine H.
Editores
E. J. Brill
Materia
Amazons Myth And Mythology Paganism Classical Greek & Roman
Descripción
Very Good with no dust jacket
Descripción
Hardcover ISBN 9004100776

Descripción

Front upper corner bumped and a bit creased. Else light shelfwear. ; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 473 pages; The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece, offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling, it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons.