Classical Myth An Introduction by Barry B. Powell PAPERBACK 9780472039722

The University of Michigan Press

Classical MythAn Introduction\nAuthor(s): Barry B. Powell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472039722, 978-0472039722\nSynopsis\nMyths are not just the stories from the ancient Greeks and Romansthey represent deep truths from the essential concerns people face in their lives. Readers may already have heard of the Trojan Horse or how Oedipus married his own mother, but why have these stories lingered? \n\n In Classical Myth: An Introduction, Barry B. Powell provides the historical and theoretical background necessary for us to understand not only the concept of what a myth is, but the cultural context of how it emerged, and the different approaches to interpreting myth that were put forward by ancient theorists and their more recent successors. Then he helps readers to understand classical myth as it is found in its primary sources: the works of Homer and Hesiod, and the Greek tragedi.