From Ikaria to the Stars: Classical Mythification, Ancient and Modern

by Peter Green

Book Overview

"I hadn't, till I really started digging, gauged the fierce intensity of the need for myth in the human psyche, of any age, or sensed the variety of motives dictating that need," writes Peter Green in the introduction to this wide-ranging collection of essays on classical mythology and the mythic experience. Using the need for myth as the starting point for exploring a number of topics in Greek mythology and history, Green advances new ideas about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292726031
• ISBN13: 9780292726031
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"