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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198744773
ISBN-139780198744771
eBay Product ID (ePID)237639304
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
Publication NameMyths on the Map : the Storied Landscapes of Ancient Greece
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEurope / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
AuthorGreta Hawes
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight19.9 Oz
Item Length6.1 in
Item Width8.7 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2016-954265
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Overall, the 15 contributions in Myths on the Map add up to something more tan a collection of useful papers... The melding together of archaeology, history, literary analysis, and myth--often in the same paper--is especially rewarding." -- Bob Trubshaw, Time and Mind "Myths on the Map offers much food for thought and the varied scope and interdisciplinary contributions from archaeological, literary, and philosophical perspectives are refreshing ... it will undoubtedly stimulate fresh debate and there will be few readers who will not find something of interest in this work." -- Olaf Almqvist, Hermathena "These lingering questions about the collective implications of the excellent essays attest to the volume's success in stimulating further debate." --Kenneth W. Yu, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "Overall, the 15 contributions in Myths on the Map add up to something more tan a collection of useful papers... The melding together of archaeology, history, literary analysis, and myth--often in the same paper--is especially rewarding." -- Bob Trubshaw, Time and Mind"Myths on the Map offers much food for thought and the varied scope and interdisciplinary contributions from archaeological, literary, and philosophical perspectives are refreshing ... it will undoubtedly stimulate fresh debate and there will be few readers who will not find something of interest in this work." -- Olaf Almqvist, Hermathena"These lingering questions about the collective implications of the excellent essays attest to the volume's success in stimulating further debate." --Kenneth W. Yu, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "Myths on the Map offers much food for thought and the varied scope and interdisciplinary contributions from archaeological, literary, and philosophical perspectives are refreshing ... it will undoubtedly stimulate fresh debate and there will be few readers who will not find something of interest in this work." -- Olaf Almqvist, Hermathena "These lingering questions about the collective implications of the excellent essays attest to the volume's success in stimulating further debate." --Kenneth W. Yu, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, "These lingering questions about the collective implications of the excellent essays attest to the volume's success in stimulating further debate." --Kenneth W. Yu, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal913.8
Table Of ContentFrontmatter:List of FiguresList of ContributorsOf Myths and Maps1. Walking through History: Unlocking the Mythical Past2. Cities-Before-Cities: 'Prefoundational' Myth and the Construction of Greek Civic Space3. Landscapes of the Cyclopes4. Mapping the Hellespont with Leander and Hero: 'The Swimming Lover and the Nightly Bride'5. Centaurs and Lapiths in the Landscape of Thessaly6. Meddling with Myth in Thebes: A New Vase from the Ismenion Hill (Thebes Museum 49276)7. Callimachus and the Poetics of the Diaspora8. Pausanias' Arcadia, Between Conservatism and Innovation9. Rivers Run Through It: Environmental History in Two Heroic Riverine Battles10. Fountains as Reservoirs of Myth and Memory11. Scandalous Maps in Aeschylean Tragedy12. Imaginary Islands in the Hellenistic Era: Utopia on the Geographical Map13. Imaginary Itineraries in the Beyond14. Islands of Knowledge: Space and Names in Imperial Mythography15. Serpents in the Soul: The 'Libyan Myth' of Dio ChrysostomEndmatter:BibliographyIndex locorumGeneral index
SynopsisPolybius boldly declared that 'now that all places have become accessible by land or sea, it is no longer appropriate to use poets and writers of myth as witnesses of the unknown' (4.40.2). And yet, in reality, the significance of myth did not diminish as the borders of the known world expanded. Storytelling was always an inextricable part of how the ancient Greeks understood their environment; mythic maps existed alongside new, more concrete, methods of charting the contours of the earth. Specific landscape features acted as repositories of myth and spurred their retelling; myths, in turn, shaped and gave sense to natural and built environments, and were crucial to the conceptual resonances of places both unknown and known. This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars of Greek myth, literature, history, and archaeology to examine the myriad intricate ways in which ancient Greek myth interacted with the physical and conceptual landscapes of antiquity. The diverse range of approaches and topics highlights in particular the plurality and pervasiveness of such interactions. The collection as a whole sheds new light on the central importance of storytelling in Greek conceptions of space., Polybius boldly declared that 'now that all places have become accessible by land or sea, it is no longer appropriate to use poets and writers of myth as witnesses of the unknown" (4.40.2). And yet, in reality, the significance of myth did not diminish as the borders of the known world expanded. Storytelling was always an inextricable part of how the ancient Greeks understood their environment; mythic maps existed alongside new, more concrete, methods of charting the contours of the earth. Specific landscape features acted as repositories of myth and spurred their retelling; myths, in turn, shaped and gave sense to natural and built environments, and were crucial to the conceptual resonances of places both unknown and known. This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars of Greek myth, literature, history, and archaeology to examine the myriad intricate ways in which ancient Greek myth interacted with the physical and conceptual landscapes of antiquity. The diverse range of approaches and topics highlights in particular the plurality and pervasiveness of such interactions. The collection as a whole sheds new light on the central importance of storytelling in Greek conceptions of space., Myths on the Map brings together contributions from leading scholars of Greek myth, literature, history, and archaeology to explore the intricate ways in which myth interacted with the physical and conceptual landscapes of antiquity. It highlights in particular the plurality and pervasiveness of such interactions.
LC Classification NumberBL783.M9 2017
