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Barry B. Powell

Auteur de Classical Myth

14+ oeuvres 806 utilisateurs 4 critiques

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Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Théogonie. Les Travaux et les jours. Le Bouclier (0700) — Traducteur, quelques éditions904 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
20th Century
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male
Organisations
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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I used this book in my undergraduate Classical Mythology class. It's one of the few textbooks that I didn't sell back; because I wanted to keep for further reference. Even more amazing, I actually have used it for reference and perusal many times.

I recommend it actually exactly for that purpose. If you like Mythology at all, it's really handy to have in your collection because you just check the table of contents, find the myth and BOOM; short and sweet, easy to understand.
 
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Diamond.Dee. | Jul 3, 2015 |
 
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FuficiusFango | May 14, 2009 |
A Short Introduction to Classical Myth by Barry B. Powell was used in my Greek and Roman mythology class as a companion book to the original sources studied. Those included Hesiod's Works and Days, and Theogony, Euripides' The Bacchae, and The Women of Troy as well as excerpts from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey taken from Stanley Lombardo's Essential Homer. This was a readable and concise introduction that deals with the definitions and interpretation of myth, the background of myth, and the themes of myth. Along with an extensive index, the author provides further readings, maps and a table of the Greek and Roman Pantheon. It's a great book that provides a solid foundation for an introduction to Greek and Roman mythology.… (plus d'informations)
 
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ljesse | Jul 27, 2007 |
Including chapters on the oral and written in Greek and Near Eastern traditions; composition in writing and the dictated text; the origin of mythic representation in Greek art from eastern exemplars; social role of the rhapsode; uses of alphabetic literacy and the demoticization of Greek legend, 210 pages

http://classics.lss.wisc.edu/~bbpowell/web/homepage.htm
 
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mjhomem | Apr 27, 2007 |

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Œuvres
14
Aussi par
1
Membres
806
Popularité
#31,650
Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
4
ISBN
49
Langues
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