Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 486 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 486 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
ISBN: 978-0-19-814090-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford
The transformation of human beings to animals, plants, and stones is one of the commonest, and most characteristic themes of Greek mythology. In the first study of the subject in English, Dr Forbes Irving examines what is of most interest in Greek myths - their appeal as stories. He attempts to analyse the various ways in which these stories imagine and explore what it means for a person to change his or her form.
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List of abbreviations; Introduction; The sources; Animals; The ritual theory; Animals; Myths and stories; Birds; Plants; Stones; Sex changes; The shapeshifters; Conclusion; Catalogue of transformation stories (Mammals; Birds; Plants; Stones; Minor categories of transformations); Index