Forms of Astonishment

Greek Myths of Metamorphosis

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Richard Buxton

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Forms of Astonishment sets out to interpret a number of Greek myths about the transformations of humans and gods. Such tales have become familiar in their Ovidian dress, as in the best-selling translation by Ted Hughes; Richard Buxton explores their Greek antecedents. One pressing question which often occurs to the reader of these tales is: Did the Greeks take them seriously? Buxton repeatedly engages with this topic, and attempts to answer it context by context and author by author. His book raises issues relevant to an understanding of broad aspects of Greek culture (e.g. how 'strange' were Greek beliefs?'); in so doing, it also illuminates issues explored by anthropologists and students of religion.

Author Biography:

Richard Buxton is Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Bristol.

Release date NZ

July 23rd, 2009

Author

Richard Buxton

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

49 in-text illustrations

Pages

304

Dimensions

144x222x19

ISBN-13

9780199245499

Product ID

3418747

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