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Item Number: 115109
Title: Interpreting the Images of Greek Myths : An Introduction
Author: Junker, Klaus
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ISBN: 9780521720076
Description: Translated by: Annemarie Künzl-Snodgrass, Anthony Snodgrass. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 25cm., pbk., 225pp., 48 b&w illus. Summary: From the age of Homer until late antiquity the culture of ancient Greece and Rome was permeated by images of Greek myths. Gods and heroes were represented as statues, on vase and wall paintings, on temples, on sarcophagi as well as on other media. This book offers, for the first time, a concise introduction into the interpretation of images of Greek myths. Its main aim is to make the pictorial versions of the myths comprehensible on their own terms. Ancient artists were well aware of the potential – but also the limitations – of these 'silent' images and of the strategies that made them 'speak' to the audience/viewer. The book combines detailed explanation of theoretical and methodological issues with exhaustive discussion of case studies. It summarizes current research in a core area of classical studies and at the same time offers stimulating new interpretations of important works of ancient art. Contents: 1. Achilles and Patroklos in the Trojan War: an introductory case study ; 2. Definitions: myth and mythological image ; 3. The production of myths and of mythological images – stages in the historical development ; 4. Types of monument and fields of function ; 5. Methods 6. Content and intention.

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