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Myths on the Map - The Storied Landscapes of Ancient Greece (Hardcover)
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Myths on the Map - The Storied Landscapes of Ancient Greece (Hardcover)
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Polybius boldly declared that 'now that all places have become
accessible by land or sea, it is no longer appropriate to use poets
and writers of myth as witnesses of the unknown' (4.40.2). And yet,
in reality, the significance of myth did not diminish as the
borders of the known world expanded. Storytelling was always an
inextricable part of how the ancient Greeks understood their
environment; mythic maps existed alongside new, more concrete,
methods of charting the contours of the earth. Specific landscape
features acted as repositories of myth and spurred their retelling;
myths, in turn, shaped and gave sense to natural and built
environments, and were crucial to the conceptual resonances of
places both unknown and known. This volume brings together
contributions from leading scholars of Greek myth, literature,
history, and archaeology to examine the myriad intricate ways in
which ancient Greek myth interacted with the physical and
conceptual landscapes of antiquity. The diverse range of approaches
and topics highlights in particular the plurality and pervasiveness
of such interactions. The collection as a whole sheds new light on
the central importance of storytelling in Greek conceptions of
space.
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