Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies : Dialogues and Discourses /

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Throughout the ancient world, origin stories were told across the ancient world in many different ways: through poetry, prose, monumental and decorative arts, and performance in civic and religious rituals. Foundation myths, particularly those about the beginnings of cities and societies, played an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mythology.
Myth.
Group identity.
Civilization, Ancient.
Civilization.
myths.
mythology (literary genre)
group identity.
Mythe.
Mythologie.
Civilisation ancienne.
Identite collective.
Mythology
Social Identification
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranee, Region de la > Civilisation.
Mediterranean Region > Civilization.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Foreign Founders: Greeks and Hebrews
  • Chapter 2. Oikist and Archegetes in Context: Representing the Foundation of Sicilian Naxos
  • Chapter 3. Who's the Daddy? Contesting and Constructing Theseus' Paternity in Fifth- Century Athens
  • Chapter 4. Th e Found er's Shrine and the Foundation of Ai Khanoum
  • Chapter 5. Alexander, Agathos Daimon, and Ptolemy: Th e Alexandrian Foundation Myth in Dialogue
  • Chapter 6. Figuring Rome's Foundation on the Iliac Tablets
  • Chapter 7. Beyond Greece and Rome: Foundation Myths on Tyrian Coinage in the Third Century ad
  • Epilogue
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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