The Uses of Greek Mythology

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Routledge, 1992 - Art - 204 pages
In an innovative sequence of topics, Ken Dowden explores the uses Greeks made of myth and the uses to which we can put myth in recovering the richness of their culture. Most aspects of Greek life and history - including war, religion and sexuality - which are discernable through myth, as well as most modern approaches, are given a context in a book which is designed to be useful, accessible and stimulating.

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About the author (1992)

Ken Dowden is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Birmingham. He has written Death and the Maiden: Girl s Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology and The Uses of Greek Mythology, and researches in the areas of religion and the novel.

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