Book description
A Companion to Greek Mythology
presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth
from its origins in shared Indo-European story patterns and the Greeks'
contacts with their Eastern Mediterranean neighbours through its
development as a shared language and thought-system for the Greco-Roman world.
- Features essays from a prestigious international team of literary experts
- Includes coverage of Greek myth's intersection with history,
philosophy and religion
- Introduces readers to topics in mythology that are often
inaccessible to non-specialists
- Addresses the Hellenistic and Roman periods as well as Archaic and
Classical Greece
Ken Dowden
is Professor of Classics and Director of the Institute of Archaeology
& Antiquity at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of
Uses of Greek Mythology
(1992),
European Paganism
(2000), and
Zeus
(2006).
Niall Livingstone
is a Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Birmingham. He is
the author of
Isocrates' Busiris
(2001) and, with Gideon Nisbet, a forthcoming book on Greek epigrams.
