Prolegomena Zu Einer Wissenschaftlichen Mythologie [German]

by Karl Otfried Müller

Book Overview

This pioneering work by the influential German classicist Karl Ottfried M ller (1797-1840) was one of the earliest scholarly books to address the question of the origins and meaning of the Greek myths. Published in G ttingen in 1825, it proposes a definition of 'myth' and goes on to suggest how possible sources for myths might be identified in historical events. M ller discusses how the age of particular myths might be established, either from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 1108016685
• ISBN13: 9781108016681
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"