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Forms of Astonishment - Greek Myths of Metamorphosis (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,785

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Forms of Astonishment - Greek Myths of Metamorphosis (Hardcover): Richard Buxton

Forms of Astonishment - Greek Myths of Metamorphosis (Hardcover)

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.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	September 2009
Authors:	Richard Buxton
Dimensions:	222 x 144 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-924549-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > Ancient Greek religion Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > Ancient Greek religion Promotions
LSN:	0-19-924549-5
Barcode:	9780199245499