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Classical Mythology in Context
Winner of the Textbook & Academic Authors Association's Textbook Excellence “Texty” Award
Classical Mythology in Context provides a contextualized treatment of classical myth, combining ancient sources, comparative perspectives, theoretical approaches, and artistic interpretations. It encourages students to directly encounter and explore ancient myths and to understand them in broader interpretative contexts. It features a modular structure that coincides with the four main components of a classical mythology history, theory, comparison, and reception.
Classical Mythology in Context provides a contextualized treatment of classical myth, combining ancient sources, comparative perspectives, theoretical approaches, and artistic interpretations. It encourages students to directly encounter and explore ancient myths and to understand them in broader interpretative contexts. It features a modular structure that coincides with the four main components of a classical mythology history, theory, comparison, and reception.
848 pages, Paperback
Published August 22, 2022
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April 13, 2025
Dude over the course of 2 semesters I have read this book in its entirety and it is phenomenal. It’s helped me examine Greek myth further and fall more in love with classical literature. What a banger.
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