Greek Mythography in the Roman World

by Alan Cameron

By the Roman age the traditional stories of Greek myth had long since ceased to reflect popular culture. Mythology had become instead a central element in elite culture. If one did not know the stories one would not understand most of the allusions in the poets and orators, classics and contemporaries alike; nor would one be able to identify the scenes represented on the mosaic floors and wall paintings in your cultivated friends' houses, or on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195171217
• ISBN13: 9780195171211
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"