Greek Mythology and Poetics: The Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Renaissance Literature

by Gregory Nagy

Book Overview

Gregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the forces of interaction and change that transformed the Indo-European linguistic and cultural heritage into distinctly Greek social institutions between the eighth and the fifth centuries B.C. Included in the volume are thirteen of Nagy's major essays--all extensively revised for book publication--on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801480485
• ISBN13: 9780801480485
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher