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Myths of the Greeks and Romans Michael Grant

Myths of the Greeks and Romans By Michael Grant

Myths of the Greeks and Romans by Michael Grant

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Summary

This work provides an analysis of the influence of the classic myth on the study and execution of artistic and scientific endeavours throughout the ages. It summarizes all the myths and legends of the lesser Gods and heroes, and traces their origins in historical fact or religious myth.

Myths of the Greeks and Romans Summary

Myths of the Greeks and Romans by Michael Grant

This work provides an analysis of the influence of the classic myth on the study and execution of artistic and scientific endeavours throughout the ages. The book summarizes all the myths and legends of the lesser Gods and heroes, and traces their origins in historical fact or religious myth. It also shows how myths have continued to evolve throughout the ages.

About Michael Grant

Michael Grant (1914-2004) was a historian whose over forty publications on ancient Rome and Greece popularized the classical and early Christian world. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, served in British intelligence and as a diplomat during the Second World War, and afterward became deputy director of the British Council's European division, when he also published his first book. He later returned to academia, teaching at Cambridge and Edinburgh, and serving as Vice Chancellor at the University of Khartoum and at Queen's University, Belfast.

Table of Contents

The heroes of Homer; Zeus, Apollo, Demeter; Agamemnon and Prometheus; Oedipus and Antigone; Heracles and Dionysus; heroic searchers; the thousand faces of love.

Additional information

GOR001613379
9780452011625
0452011620
Myths of the Greeks and Romans by Michael Grant
Michael Grant
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
19950901
496
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