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Classical Mythology: Images and Insights, 5/e

Stephen Harris, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-SACRAMENTO
Gloria Platzner, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-SACRAMENTO

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Contains extensive primary readings, including six complete Greek plays, several Homeric hymns, and a wealth of excerpts from epics by Homer, Hesiod, and Virgil.
Presents myths in the general chronological order in which the literary works containing them were written, allowing readers to perceive the ways in which myths changed and developed over time, from the orally composed epics of Homer in the eighth century B.C., through the poetic hymns praising individual Olympian gods, such as Demeter, Apollo, Dionysus, and Hermes, to the much later Athenian plays dramatizing the myths of tragic heroes and heroines of the fifth century B. C., to the still-later evolution of myth in the environment of imperial Rome, and myth's further development in modern American and European literature and art.
Includes over 200 works of art and a collection of lavish color plates that enhance the narrative and bring the texts to life.

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