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Wandering Myths

Transcultural Uses of Myth in the Ancient World

Lucy Gaynor Audley-Miller, Beate Dignas (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

LIV, 427 Seiten

2018
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-041685-5 (ISBN)

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In spite of the growing amount of important new work being carried out on uses of myth in particular ancient contexts, their appeal and reception beyond the framework of one culture have rarely been the primary object of enquiry in contemporary debate. Highlighting the fact that ancient societies were linked by their shared use of mythological narratives, Wandering Myths aims to advance our understanding of the mechanisms by which such tales were disseminated cross-culturally and to investigate how they gained local resonances. In order to assess both wider geographic circulations and to explore specific local features and interpretations, a regional approach is adopted, with a particular focus on Anatolia, the Near East and Italy. Contributions are drawn from a range of disciplines, and cross a wide chronological span, but all are interlinked by their engagement with questions focusing on the factors that guided the processes of reception and steered the facets of local interpretation. The Preface and Epilogue evaluate the material in a synoptic way and frame the challenging questions and views expressed in the Introduction.

Beate Dignas and Lucy Audley-Miller, University of Oxford, UK.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.10.2018
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	982 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Paläografie
Schlagworte	adaptation of myth • Altertum; Religion • cross-cultural approach • mechanisms of dissemination • Mythen • transformation of heroes
ISBN-10	3-11-041685-9 / 3110416859
ISBN-13	978-3-11-041685-5 / 9783110416855
Zustand	Neuware