The early Amazons : modern and ancient perspectives on a persistent myth /

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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Main Author: Blok, Josine.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 120.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

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Amazons.

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Call Number: BL820.A6 B57 1995

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • INTERPRETATIONS OF THE AMAZON MYTH IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
  • THE HOMERIC FORMULA
  • PENTHESILEIA
  • PRIAMOS AND BELLEROPHONTES
  • HERAKLES AND THE SIXTH-CENTURY DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON MOTIF
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • PLATES
  • RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD.