Ebook: Classical mythology : the Greeks
Author: Peter Meineck, Recorded Books Inc
- Series: Modern scholar
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Recorded Books
- City: Prince Frederick, MD
- Language: English
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Professor Peter Meineck examines in detail the far-reaching influence of Greek myths on Western thought and literature. The nature of myth and its importance to ancient Greece in terms of storytelling, music, poetry, religion, cults, rituals, theatre, and literature are viewed through works ranging from Homer's Illiad and Odyssey to the writings of Sophocles and Aeschylus. These lectures are an entertaining guide toRead more...