Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths (eBook)

eBook Download: PDF | EPUB

2017
584 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8467-4 (ISBN)

Infos

William Hansen, professor emeritus of classical studies and folklore at Indiana University, Bloomington, is one of the world's leading authorities on classical folklore. His books include Classical Mythology: A Guide to the Mythical World of the Greeks and Romans, Ariadne's Thread: A Guide to International Tales Found in Classical Literature, and Anthology of Ancient Greek Popular Literature. He lives in Bloomington.

---

The first anthology ever to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories-from myths and fairy tales to jokesCaptured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh-these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology-from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes. This unique anthology presents the largest collection of these tales ever assembled. Featuring nearly four hundred stories in authoritative and highly readable translations, this is the first book to offer a representative selection of the entire range of traditional classical storytelling.Set mostly in the world of humans, not gods, these stories focus on figures such as lovers, tricksters, philosophers, merchants, rulers, athletes, artists, and soldiers. The narratives range from the well-known-for example, Cupid and Psyche, Diogenes and his lantern, and the tortoise and the hare-to lesser-known tales that deserve wider attention. Entertaining and fascinating, they offer a unique window into the fantasies, anxieties, humor, and passions of the people who told them.Complete with beautiful illustrations by Glynnis Fawkes, a comprehensive introduction, notes, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology will delight general readers as well as students of classics, fairy tales, and folklore.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2017
• Einführung: William Hansen
• Übersetzer: William Hansen
• Zusatzinfo: 26 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Achilles • Aeneid • Aeschylus • Aesop • alcibiades • Alexander • Allusion • ancient art • Ancient Greek comedy • Anecdote • animals • aphorism • Aphrodite • Apollo • Apuleius • Archimedes • Aristeas • Asclepius • Asklepios • Astyages • Athena • Bacchus • Boeotia • burial • Cato • charlatan • Christians • City of • Cleopatra • Clothing • courtesan • Cupid and Psyche • Demosthenes • Diogenes and Alexander • Diogenes of Sinope • Divination • Drinking • epicurus • Euripides • Fables • Fairy tale • fate • forehead • freedman • Genre • Greek Mythology • hephaestus • HERA • Herodotus • Hesiod • Hipponax • Historicity • Homer • iliad • In Death • Jews • Joke • Justice • Juvenal • Kings • Knidos • Last Words • laughter • Lindos • Literature • Maenad • magicians • Margites • Mark Antony • Menander • Menelaus • Mermaids • mermen • MIDAS • Milesian tale • Miletus • Minos • Misery (novel) • Mourning • Muse • Muses • Mythology • Narcissus • Narration • narrative • Nero • novella • nymph • Olympus • Oracle • Orcus • Ostracism • Ovid • Pagans • Pan • Periander • Personal narrative • Philemon • Philip • Philogelos • Philosopher • Philosophy • Phrygia • Pindar • pity • Plato • Pliny the Elder • Poetry • Polymestor • Protagonist • Pseudo-Plutarch • Pythagoras • ridicule • Roman Mythology • seers • sexual intercourse • shape changers • Sibyl • Socrates • Sophocles • souls • spouse • Storytelling • Suetonius • Superiority (short story) • Supplication • Sybaris • sybarites • tall tale • tall tales • tantalus • Thebes, Greece • The Golden Ass • Theogony • The Persians • The Philosopher • theramenes • Theseus • Thucydides • To this Day • traditional story • Tragedy • Transmigration • Trickery • Trickster • Trojan War • Troy • tyrants • Urban legend • werewolf • wisdom • Witches • wonder workers • Zeus
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8467-5 / 1400884675
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8467-4 / 9781400884674