Ancient Greek religion and mythology

Contact and interaction between Greek and Egyptian culture can be traced in different forms over more than a millennium: from the sixth century BC, when Greeks visited Egypt for the sake of tourism or trade, through to the Hellenistic period, when Egypt was ruled by the Macedonian-Greek Ptolemaic dynasty who encouraged a mixed Greek and Egyptian culture, and even more intensely in the Roman Empire, when Egypt came to be increasingly seen as a place of wonder and a source of magic and mystery.

Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989 explores the diverse ways that contemporary world fiction has engaged with ancient Greek myth.

Of all the divinities of classical antiquity, the Greek Hermes (Mercury in his Roman alter ego) is the most versatile, enigmatic, complex, and ambiguous.

Readers coming to the Odyssey for the first time are often dazzled and bewildered by the wealth of material it contains which is seemingly unrelated to the central story: the main plot of Odysseus' return to Ithaca is complicated by myriad secondary narratives related by the poet and his characters, including Odysseus' own fantastic tales of Lotus Eaters, Sirens, and cannibal giants.

The ancient Greeks attributed great importance to the sacred during war and campaigning, as demonstrated from their earliest texts.

Exploring Greek Myth offers an extensive discussion of variant forms of myths and lesser-known stories, including important local myths and local versions of PanHellenic myths.

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.

This book uses the example of a famous sea-monster from Greek myth to offer a new way of understanding mythical symbols.

This book argues that religious beliefs played a significant role in the social changes that occurred in Middle Helladic Greece.

Examines new methodologies used in the study of these tablets.

Perhaps the single most revolutionary aspect of the Renaissance was the re-emergence of the gods and goddesses of antiquity.

Celebrating the contributions of Panayotis Pachis to the field, this book discusses the past, present, and future of the study of religion in antiquity and modernity.

In the beginning, everything was fine.

Longlisted for the 2022 Runciman AwardFew classical stories are as exciting as that of Jason and the Golden Fleece.

The figures and events of classical myths underpin our culture and the constellations named after them fill the night sky.

Re-examines Aristophanes'' engagement with Greek religion by studying his dramatization of traditional stories of religious experiences.

How should ancient religious ideas be approached?

Antiquity has often been perceived as the source of Greece's modern achievements, as well as its frustrations, with the continuity between ancient and modern Greek culture and the legacy of classical Greece in Europe dominating and shaping current perceptions of the classical past.

Robert Graves, classicist, poet and unorthodox critic, retells the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audience.

Readers coming to the Odyssey for the first time are often dazzled and bewildered by the wealth of material it contains which is seemingly unrelated to the central story: the main plot of Odysseus' return to Ithaca is complicated by myriad secondary narratives related by the poet and his characters, including Odysseus' own fantastic tales of Lotus Eaters, Sirens, and cannibal giants.

Challenges the idea that Plato is a secular thinker, exploring the interaction of philosophy and Greek religion in the dialogues.

Finally sort out who's who in Greek mythologyfrom gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everyone in between!

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017).

Of all the divinities of classical antiquity, the Greek Hermes (Mercury in his Roman alter ego) is the most versatile, enigmatic, complex, and ambiguous.

A collection of fourteen highly influential articles by Michael H.

Three electrifying, fresh takes on Greek classics, adapting their stories to the modern day to address contemporary issues.

This book argues that religious beliefs played a significant role in the social changes that occurred in Middle Helladic Greece.

This book analyses hundreds of votive body parts to examine how ideas about the human body changed throughout classical antiquity.

A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology presents a collection of essays that explore a wide variety of aspects of Greek and Roman myths and their critical reception from antiquity to the present day.

This book uses the example of a famous sea-monster from Greek myth to offer a new way of understanding mythical symbols.

A collection of fourteen highly influential articles by Michael H.

The heroines of Greek tragedy presented in the plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides have long captivated audiences and critics.

Winner of the London Hellenic Prize 2020The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro gathers together for the first time the three 'Greek' plays of the MacArthur Genius Award-winning Chicanx playwright and performance artist.

Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Ancient Greeks.

A recurring and significant theme in ancient Greek literature is that of returns and returning, chiefly - but by no means only - of mythical Greek heroes from Troy.

The Greek myths are characteristically fabulous; they are full of monsters, metamorphoses, and the supernatural.

Presenting a wide range of new scholarly approaches, this is the first volume to critique the highly influential television series Xena: Warrior Princess.

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017).

Women's mobility is central to understanding cultural constructions of gender.

A fresh and original introduction to the Odysseyand how it continues to shape literature, film, art and even the ways we make sense of our livesReading the Odyssey is an introduction to Homer's masterpiece like no other.

A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.

This volume offers an instructive comparative perspective on the Judaic, Christian, Greek and Roman myths about the creation of humans in relation to each other, as well as a broad overview of their enduring relevance in the modern Western world and its conceptions of gender and identity.

In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the socio-political elite in both perpetuating pre-existing power-structures and constructing new ones.

Since Freud published the Interpretation of Dreams in 1900 and utilized Sophocles' Oedipus Rex to work through his developing ideas about the psycho-sexual development of children, it has been virtually impossible to think about psychoanalysis without reference to classical myth.

Roman Republican Augury: Freedom and Control proposes a new way of understanding augury, a form of Roman state divination designed to consult the god Jupiter.

How should ancient religious ideas be approached?

Homer and the Poetics of Hades offers a new and unique approach to the Iliad and, more particularly, the Odyssey through an exploration of the role and function of the Underworld as a poetic resource permitting an alternative perspective on the epic past.