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Metamorphosis in Greek Myths

Metamorphosis in Greek Myths

Forbes Irving, P. M. C.

Paperback

Series: Oxford Classical Monographs

Literary CriticismMythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 0198140908
ISBN13: 9780198140900
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Sep 24 1992
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
The transformation of people into animals, plants, and stones is one of the most common and characteristic themes of Greek mythology, embodying as well some of the most mysterious and fantastic episodes in a mythology that is sometimes considered to be relatively realistic and lacking in fantasy. This book, the first study of these myths in English, analyzes the various ways in which they imagine and explore the experience of changing one's form. Forbes Irving's unusual approach is to look for their meaning not in long-forgotten rituals or historical events, but in their imaginative appeal as stories.

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