Greek Mythology and Poetics

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ID9306936
AutoresGregory Nagy (autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Páginas382
Data de publicação2019-03-29
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoGreek Mythology and Poetics (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCornell University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7591/9781501732027
OpenAlexW4230989259
Open LibraryOL33663610M
ISBN9781501732027
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDOlluDwAAQBAJ
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

Gregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the forces of interaction and change that transformed the Indo-European linguistic and cultural heritage into distinctly Greek social institutions between the eighth and the fifth centuries B.C. Included in the volume are thirteen of Nagy's major essays—all extensively revised for book publication—on various aspects of the Hellenization of Indo-European poetics, myth and ritual, and social ideology. The primary aim of this book is to examine the Greek language as a reflection of society, with special attention to its function as a vehicle for transmitting mythology and poetics. Nagy's emphasis on the language of the Greeks, and on its comparison with the testimony of related Indo-European languages such as Latin, Indic, and Hittite, reflects his long-standing interest in Indo-European linguistics. The individual chapters examine the development of Hellenic poetics in the traditions of Homer and Hesiod; the Hellenization of Indo-European myths and rituals, including myths of the afterlife, rituals of fire, and symbols in the Greek lyric; and the Hellenization of Indo-European social ideology, with reference to such cultural institutions as the concept of the city-state. A path-breaking application of the principles of social anthropology, comparative mythology, historical linguistics, and oral poetry theory to the study of classics, Greek Mythology and Poetics will be an invaluable resource for classicists and other scholars of linguistics and literary theory

Art · Literature · Mythology · Poetics · Poetry · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy