Author: Michael Herzfeld
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207231
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
When this work – one that contributes to both the history and anthropology fields – first appeared in 1982, it was hailed as a landmark study of the role of folklore in nation-building. It has since been highly influential in reshaping the analysis of Greek and European cultural dynamics. In this expanded edition, a new introduction by the author and an epilogue by Sharon Macdonald document its importance for the emergence of serious anthropological interest in European culture and society and for current debates about Greece’s often contested place in the complex politics of the European Union.
Ours Once More
Author: Michael Herzfeld
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207231
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
When this work – one that contributes to both the history and anthropology fields – first appeared in 1982, it was hailed as a landmark study of the role of folklore in nation-building. It has since been highly influential in reshaping the analysis of Greek and European cultural dynamics. In this expanded edition, a new introduction by the author and an epilogue by Sharon Macdonald document its importance for the emergence of serious anthropological interest in European culture and society and for current debates about Greece’s often contested place in the complex politics of the European Union.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207231
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
When this work – one that contributes to both the history and anthropology fields – first appeared in 1982, it was hailed as a landmark study of the role of folklore in nation-building. It has since been highly influential in reshaping the analysis of Greek and European cultural dynamics. In this expanded edition, a new introduction by the author and an epilogue by Sharon Macdonald document its importance for the emergence of serious anthropological interest in European culture and society and for current debates about Greece’s often contested place in the complex politics of the European Union.
Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion; A Study in Survivals
Author: J. C. Lawson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387099398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387099398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Myth and History in Ancient Greece
Author: Claude Calame
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691114587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Surely the ancient Greeks would have been baffled to see what we consider their "mythology." Here, Claude Calame mounts a powerful critique of modern-day misconceptions on this front and the lax methodology that has allowed them to prevail. He argues that the Greeks viewed their abundance of narratives not as a single mythology but as an "archaeology." They speculated symbolically on key historical events so that a community of believing citizens could access them efficiently, through ritual means. Central to the book is Calame's rigorous and fruitful analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies--Cyrene, in eastern Libya. Calame opens with a magisterial historical survey demonstrating today's misapplication of the terms "myth" and "mythology." Next, he examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Having established this interpretive framework, Calame undertakes a comparative analysis of six accounts of Cyrene's foundation: three by Pindar and one each by Herodotus (in two different versions), Callimachus, and Apollonius of Rhodes. We see how the underlying narrative was shaped in each into a poetically sophisticated, distinctive form by the respective medium, a particular poetical genre, and the specific socio-historical circumstances. Calame concludes by arguing in favor of the Greeks' symbolic approach to the past and by examining the relation of mythos to poetry and music.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691114587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Surely the ancient Greeks would have been baffled to see what we consider their "mythology." Here, Claude Calame mounts a powerful critique of modern-day misconceptions on this front and the lax methodology that has allowed them to prevail. He argues that the Greeks viewed their abundance of narratives not as a single mythology but as an "archaeology." They speculated symbolically on key historical events so that a community of believing citizens could access them efficiently, through ritual means. Central to the book is Calame's rigorous and fruitful analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies--Cyrene, in eastern Libya. Calame opens with a magisterial historical survey demonstrating today's misapplication of the terms "myth" and "mythology." Next, he examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Having established this interpretive framework, Calame undertakes a comparative analysis of six accounts of Cyrene's foundation: three by Pindar and one each by Herodotus (in two different versions), Callimachus, and Apollonius of Rhodes. We see how the underlying narrative was shaped in each into a poetically sophisticated, distinctive form by the respective medium, a particular poetical genre, and the specific socio-historical circumstances. Calame concludes by arguing in favor of the Greeks' symbolic approach to the past and by examining the relation of mythos to poetry and music.
Folk Poetry of Modern Greece
Author: Roderick Beaton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521604208
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A wide-ranging study of popular poetry and songs from the end of the Byzantine Empire to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521604208
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A wide-ranging study of popular poetry and songs from the end of the Byzantine Empire to the present.
Folk-lore of Modern Greece
Author: Martin Geldart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Modern Greek Folktales
Author: Richard McGillivray Dawkins
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths
Author: William Hansen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691195927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories- from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh-these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology-from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691195927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories- from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh-these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology-from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes.
Folk-lore of Modern Greece
Author: Johann Georg von Hahn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Folk-Lore of Modern Greece
Author: Edmund Martin Geldart
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337570026
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337570026
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals
Author: J. C. Lawson
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Have you ever wanted to know something about modern Greek folklore and myths, but didn't know where to look? Lawson's Modern Greek Folklore is the book for you! Modern Greek Folklore has all of the Greek stories of old that you have ever heard of and more. Contents: The Survival of Pagan Deities, Zeus, Poseidon, Pan, cont.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Have you ever wanted to know something about modern Greek folklore and myths, but didn't know where to look? Lawson's Modern Greek Folklore is the book for you! Modern Greek Folklore has all of the Greek stories of old that you have ever heard of and more. Contents: The Survival of Pagan Deities, Zeus, Poseidon, Pan, cont.