Greek Mythography in the Roman World

by Alan Cameron

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By the Roman age the traditional stories of Greek myth had long since ceased to reflect popular culture. Mythology had become instead a central element in elite culture. If one did not know the stories one would not understand most of the allusions in the poets and orators, classics and contemporaries alike; nor would one be able to identify the scenes represented on the mosaic floors and wall paintings in your cultivated friends' houses, or on the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195171217

ISBN13:9780195171211

Release Date:September 2004

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"

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Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Fiction Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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