Richard Buxton (1)
Auteur de The Complete World of Greek Mythology
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The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations (Edinburgh Leventis Studies) (2010) — Contributeur — 21 exemplaires
Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) (2010) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Valuing landscape in classical antiquity : natural environment and cultural imagination (2016) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Sophocles and the Greek language : aspects of diction, syntax and pragmatics (2005) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Unbinding Medea : interdisciplinary approaches to a classical myth from antiquity to the 21st century (2010) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Buxton, Richard
- Nom légal
- Buxton, Richard George Alexander
- Autres noms
- Buxton, R. G. A.
Buxton, Richard G. A. - Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Études
- King's College, Cambridge University (BA|1971|MA|1974|Ph.D|1977)
- Professions
- professor
classicist - Relations
- Aguirre, Mercedes (wife)
- Organisations
- University of Bristol
Membres
Critiques
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cyderry | 1 autre critique | Feb 19, 2010 |
cyderry | 1 autre critique | Feb 19, 2010 | 
Excellent review of Greek mythology, with great pictures. Doesn't just catalog the myths, but gets into their meanings and contexts. n.b. also, poem 'Ithaca' by C.P. Cavafy on p. 242.
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- Œuvres
- 9
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- 11
- Membres
- 691
- Popularité
- #36,611
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 39
- Langues
- 10
I was surprised with very detailed lists of major and minor Greek gods as well as indications of their spheres of influence. The book included charts of the genealogy of the Gods (who begat who), details of ancient myths, and pictures of beautiful sculptures and art work from centuries ago I was, however, disappointed that there was not a detailed listing of the constellations and their connections to Greek Mythology.
Two things surprised me the most - 1) Apollo was the only God who didn't get his name changed when the Roman Gods were identified and 2) many of the myths both Greek and Roman have been used through the ages for a cultural basis - i.e. in Literature there is the Divine Comedy, Iliad and the Odyssey, art has Rembrandt's Rape of Ganymede, Botticelli's Birth of Venus and of course, there are sculptures galore.
A few other items that interested me were 1) I never realized that Poseidon was Zeus' brother 2) Zeus was so promiscuous ( had had over 25 different partners both mortal and immortal and a great number of children) and 3) many of the gods were patterned on the Egyptians' deities.
Overall, it was a very enlightening book and I'm glad that I happened upon it at the library.… (plus d'informations)