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

By Josine H. Blok

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
1995
ISBN
9004100776, 9789004100770
ISSN
0927-7633
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
38 MB (39805216 bytes)
Series
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 120
Pages
473\518
Topic
History
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-03-21 13:37:13
Decorative Arts Design Photography Greece Ancient

Description

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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