Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Dictionary of Classical Mythology Includes both major and minor characters from Greek and Roman mythology, place names, symbols, allusions in literature, etc.
Full description- Publisher: Bantam USA
- Published: 01 February 1986
- Format: Paperback 10 pages
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- Categories: Folklore, Myths & Legends | Philosophy | History Of Religion
- ISBN 13: 9780553257762 ISBN 10: 0553257765
- Sales rank: 161,772
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"A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns. Unless we know the marvelous stories of the deities and heroes of the ancients, their great literature and art as much later work down to the present day will remain unintelligible. Through the centuries from Chaucer, Spencer, Shakespeare, and Milton on, not only the major writers but also hundreds of lesser writers have retold the old tales or used them as a point of departure for new interpretations in terms of contemporary problems and psychology."—From author's Introduction
