Myth and the Polis

This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the ancient Greek polis, or city-state, during crucial periods in archaic and classical Greece. Examining the diverse texts which crystallized Greek oral tradition, nine chapters by a multidisciplinary...

• | By (Author): Dora C. Pozzi, John M. Wickersham (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 03, 1991
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 246 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0801424739
• | ISBN-13: 9780801424731