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The Story of Myth

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

The Story of Myth

By Sarah Iles Johnston

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About the book

Greek myths have long been admired as beautiful, thrilling stories but dismissed as serious objects of belief. For centuries scholars have held that Greek epics, tragedies, and the other compelling works handed down to us obscure the "real" myths that supposedly inspired them. Instead of joining in this pursuit of hidden meanings, Sarah Iles Johnston argues that the very nature of myths as stories-as gripping tales starring vivid characters-enabled them to do their most important work: to create...Show more

Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

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ISBN

9780674185074

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2019

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1

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The Story of Myth

Format

Hardcover

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