The early Amazons : modern and ancient perspectives on a persistent myth /
The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth cen...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; New York :
E.J. Brill,
1995.
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman World
120.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.
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Call Number: BL820.A6 B57 1995
| Summary: | The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece, offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling, it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 473 pages, [12] pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-460) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004301436 |
| ISSN: | 0927-7633 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |