Myth Into Art: Poet and Painter in Classical Greece
Author:   H. A. Shapiro
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138138322


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   17 December 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   H. A. Shapiro
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138138322


ISBN 10:   1138138320
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   17 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1 INTRODUCTION The world of Greek myth, The place of the poet, The place of the artist, Poet and painter: Narrative strategies 2 EPIC Homer’s Iliad: The Trojan War, Homer’s Odyssey: The wanderings and homecoming of Odysseus, Hesiod: The creation of Pandora 3 LYRIC Stesichoros: Herakles and Geryon, Pindar’s victory odes, Bacchylides: Dithyrambs, 4 DRAMA Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides

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'Shapiro extends to students and their lecturers an extremely compelling invitation to study Greek myth as it should be studied, holistically through the visual as well as the textual documentation.' - Scholia Reviews


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H.A.Shapiro is Professor of Classics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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