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Wandering Myths: Transcultural Uses of Myth in the Ancient World

by: Audley-Miller, L. Dignas, B.

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Code: 24128
ISBN-13: 9783110416855 / 978-3-11-041685-5
ISBN-10: 3110416859 / 3-11-041685-9
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Publication Date: 2018
Publication Place: Berlin
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: New

Frontmatter
Pages I-IV


Contents
Pages V-VI


Preface. Wandering Myths: Transcultural Uses of Myth in the Ancient World
Dignas, Beate / Audley-Miller, Lucy

Pages VII-XXXII

Introduction. Travelling Myths, Travelling Heroes
Fox, Robin Lane

Pages XXXIII-LIV

Part I: Changing Cultural and Mythical Landscapes in Anatolia
Kingship in Heaven in Anatolia, Syria and Greece. Patterns of Convergence and Divergence
Rutherford, Ian

Pages 3-22

Making Meaning of Myth. On the Interpretation of Mythological Imagery in the Polyxena Sarcophagus and the Kızılbel Tomb and the History of Achaemenid Asia Minor
Draycott, Catherine M.

Pages 23-70

Myth, Memory and the Past. Wandering Heroes between Arcadia and Cyprus
Scheer, Tanja S.

Pages 71-92

Part II: Reception and Innovation of Mythological Programmes between Greece and Italy
From Mezntie to Mezentius? The Stratigraphy of a Myth in Etruria and Rome
de Grummond, Nancy T.

Pages 95-124

Pots, Plots, and Performance. Comic and Tragic Iconography in Apulian Vase Painting
Giuliani, Luca

Pages 125-142

Distributed Narrative. A Very Short History of Juxtaposing Myths on Pompeian Walls
Lorenz, Katharina

Pages 143-168

No One is Immortal. From Exemplum Mortalitatis to Exemplum Virtutis
Borg, Barbara E.

Pages 169-208

Attic Sarcophagi. Myth Selection and the Heroising Tradition
Ewald, B. C.

Pages 209-262

Part III: Wandering East, Wandering South
Gilgāmeš and Homer: The Missing Link?
West, Martin

Pages 265-280

Myth, Memory, and Mimesis. The Inaros Cycle as Literature of Resistance
Sérida, Rana

Pages 281-308

Death on the Nile: The Myth of Osiris and the Utility of History in Diodorus. Egypt In Greco-Roman Historiography
Pitcher, Luke

Pages 309-326

Wandering Hero, Wandering Myths? The Image of Heracles in Iran
Wood, Rachel

Pages 327-356

The Transformations of Achilles on Late Roman Mosaics in the East
Dunbabin, Katherine M. D.

Pages 357-396

Epilogue
Parker, Robert

Pages 397-404

Index
Pages 405-458
 
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Wandering Myths: Transcultural Uses of Myth in the Ancient World

by: Audley-Miller, L. Dignas, B.

  • ISBN-13: 9783110416855 / 978-3-11-041685-5
  • ISBN-03: 3110416859 / 3-11-041685-9
  • Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2018

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