Foundation myths in ancient societies : dialogues and discourses /

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Why did so many ancient communities have not one, but several, foundation myths? This book addresses the phenomenon of plural foundation myths, exploring examples from across classical antiquity. It makes the case for understanding foundation myths not as stand-alone stories, but as elements within...

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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, ©2015.
Subjects:
Myth.
Mythology.
Civilization, Ancient.
Group identity.
Mythology
Social Identification
Mythe.
Mythologie.
Civilisation ancienne.
Identité collective.
myths.
mythology (literary genre)
group identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Civilization.
Mediterranean Region > Civilization.
Méditerranée, Région de la > Civilisation.
Mediterranean Region.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction / Sweeney, Naoíse Mac
  • Chapter 1. Foreign Founders: Greeks and Hebrews / Malkin, Irad
  • Chapter 2. Oikist and Archegetes in Context: Representing the Foundation of Sicilian Naxos / Donnellan, Lieve
  • Chapter 3. Who's the Daddy? Contesting and Constructing Theseus' Paternity in Fifth- Century Athens / Turner, Susanne
  • Chapter 4. Th e Found er's Shrine and the Foundation of Ai Khanoum / Mairs, Rachel
  • Chapter 5. Alexander, Agathos Daimon, and Ptolemy: Th e Alexandrian Foundation Myth in Dialogue / Ogden, Daniel
  • Chapter 6. Figuring Rome's Foundation on the Iliac Tablets / Squire, Michael
  • Chapter 7. Beyond Greece and Rome: Foundation Myths on Tyrian Coinage in the Third Century ad / Hirt, Alfred
  • Epilogue / Osborne, Robin
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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