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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2014.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Group identity.
Civilization, Ancient.
Mythology.
Myth.
Social Identification
Mythology
Identité collective.
Civilisation ancienne.
Mythologie.
Mythe.
group identity.
mythology (literary genre)
myths.
Civilization
Civilization, Ancient
Group identity
Myth
Mediterranean Region > Civilization.
Méditerranée, Région de la > Civilisation.
Mediterranean Region
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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