How philosophers saved myths : allegorical interpretation and classical mythology /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

In this concise but wide-ranging study, Luc Brisson describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. He argues that philosophy was responsible for saving myth from historical annihilation. Although philosophy was initially critical of myth, mythology was...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brisson, Luc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Temas:
Mythology, Classical.
Allegory.
Philosophy > History.
Myth > Philosophy.
Myth > History.
Mythology.
Mythology
Mythe > Philosophie.
Mythe > Histoire.
Mythologie.
Mythologie ancienne.
Allégorie.
Philosophie > Histoire.
mythology (literary genre)
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
Myth.
Philosophy.
Mythen.
Klassieke oudheid.
Allegorese.
Receptie.
Renaissance.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Muthos and philosophia
  • Plato's attitude toward myth
  • Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis
  • Stoics, Epicureans, and the New Academy
  • Pythagoreanism and Platonism
  • The Neoplatonic school of Athens
  • Byzantium and the pagan myths
  • The Western Middle Ages
  • The Renaissance.

Ejemplares similares