ISBN:
9780192568687
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 237 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten, genealogische Tafeln
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hawes, Greta Pausanias in the world of Greek myth
DDC:
398.20938
Keywords:
Mythology, Greek
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Electronic books
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Pausanias Periegeta Graeciae descriptio
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Griechenland
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Mythos
Abstract:
Pausanias and the World of Greek Myth uses Pausanias's Periegesis to illuminate the spatial dynamics of Greek myth, showing how apparently conflicting local versions belonged to a unifying cultural expression.
Abstract:
Cover -- Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: With Pausanias as Guide -- The de facto mythographer -- The investigative storyteller -- What lies ahead -- 1: Sightseeing -- A world in words -- Sightseeing in Thebes -- Tracking Heracles -- Reading, thinking, seeing, and doing -- 2: Taking Bearings -- Mythographic topographies -- Webs of references -- Grave markers -- The fate of Hyrnetho -- 3: Encounters -- Replicas -- Relics -- Residues -- Ruins -- 4: Localisms -- The local-and locals -- Thebes, city of quotations -- Corinth, city of immigrants -- Mycenae, city of the dead -- Messenia, land of opportunity -- Collectivism -- Conclusion: Pausanias the Companion -- Where have we ended up? -- Appendix 1: Catalogue of Cross-References Relating to Mythical Material -- Appendix 2: Catalogue of Ruined Cities -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 219-231
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