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The Early Amazons: Modern and Ancient Perspectives on a Persistent Myth

The Early Amazons: Modern and Ancient Perspectives on a Persistent Myth

Blok, Josine

Hardcover

Series: Handbuch Der Orientalistic. Indien,, Book 120

Religion General Ancient GreeceInterior Design

ISBN10: 9004100776
ISBN13: 9789004100770
Publisher: Brill
Published: Dec 1 1994
Pages: 494
Weight: 1.97
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history.
The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics.
The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece, offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling, it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons.

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