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Athenian myths and institutions : [electronic resource] words in action / Wm. Blake Tyrrell, Frieda S. Brown.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.Description: vii, 229 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0195067185 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780195067187 (acid-free paper)
  • 0195067193 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9780195067194 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Athenian myths and institutions.DDC classification:
  • 292.1/3 20
LOC classification:
  • BL793.A76 T97 1991
Other classification:
  • 15.51
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : myths as words in action -- Hesiod's myth of the birth of the cosmos -- The Arete standard as a source of mythmaking -- The ideology of sacrifice in mythmaking -- Patriarchal mythmaking on marriage -- Myths and citizenship -- Theseus and the Parthenon as mythic propaganda -- Funeral orations in mythmaking Athens.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.

Introduction : myths as words in action -- Hesiod's myth of the birth of the cosmos -- The Arete standard as a source of mythmaking -- The ideology of sacrifice in mythmaking -- Patriarchal mythmaking on marriage -- Myths and citizenship -- Theseus and the Parthenon as mythic propaganda -- Funeral orations in mythmaking Athens.

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