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  Myth and the Polis (Myth and Poetics) (Hardback) Edited by Dora Carlisky Pozzi, Edited by John M. Wickersham

  

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  Short Description for Myth and the Polis This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the ancient Greek polis, or city-state, during crucial periods in archaic and classical Greece. Examining...
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  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • Published: 03 July 1991
  • Format: Hardback 248 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets | Folklore, Myths & Legends | History Of Religion | Ancient Religions & Mythologies
  • ISBN 13: 9780801424731 ISBN 10: 0801424739

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Full description for Myth and the Polis

• This fresh and thought-provoking book deepens our understanding of the dynamic relationship between the creation of myth and the development of the ancient Greek polis, or city-state, during crucial periods in archaic and classical Greece. Examining the diverse texts which crystallized Greek oral tradition, nine chapters by a multidisciplinary group of scholars focus both on the role of the community as the shaper and transmitter of myth and on the function of myth and ritual in the development of political authority in Greek society.