The Survival of the Pagan Gods: The Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art

by Jean Seznec

Book Overview

The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity--or so we have been taught to believe. But how are we to account for their tremendous popularity during the Renaissance? This illustrated book, now reprinted in a new, larger paperback format, offers the general reader first a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and then a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691017832
• ISBN13: 9780691017839
• Release Date: May 1972
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.8" x 9.3"