Athenian Myths and Institutions: Words in Action

by Frieda S. Brown, William Blake Tyrrell, Wm Blake Tyrrell

Book Overview

This book analyzes the relationships between Athenian myths and the institutions that informed them. In particular, it examines how myths encode thoughts on ritual, the code of the warrior, marriage, and politics. Combining traditional historical and literary criticism with the approaches of anthropologists, feminist critics, and cultural historians, the authors study specific examples of the epic and tragedy, as well as funeral orations and the Parthenon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195067193
• ISBN13: 9780195067194
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"