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Forms of astonishment : Greek myths of metamorphosis /
Forms of Astonishment sets out to interpret a number of Greek myths about the transformations of humans and gods. Such tales have become familiar in their Ovidian dress, as in the best-selling translation by Ted Hughes; Richard Buxton explores their Greek antecedents. One pressing question which oft...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Forms of Astonishment sets out to interpret a number of Greek myths about the transformations of humans and gods. Such tales have become familiar in their Ovidian dress, as in the best-selling translation by Ted Hughes; Richard Buxton explores their Greek antecedents. One pressing question which often occurs to the reader of these tales is: Did the Greeks take them seriously? Buxton repeatedly engages with this topic, and attempts to answer it context by context and authorby author. His book raises issues relevant to an understanding of broad aspects of Greek culture (e.g. how 'strange' were G. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 281 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191554162 0191554162 0199245495 9780199245499 1282346474 9781282346475 9786612346477 6612346477 |