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Myths, Muses and Mortals William Furley

Myths, Muses and Mortals By William Furley

Myths, Muses and Mortals by William Furley


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Summary

A lyrical introduction to a multitude of life experiences in ancient Greece.

Myths, Muses and Mortals Summary

Myths, Muses and Mortals: The Way of Life in Ancient Greece by William Furley

Myths, Muses and Mortals gives new insight into a multitude of life experiences in ancient Greece. The book introduces the lives of the ancient Greeks through extracts taken from a range of sources, including poems, plays, novels, histories, lawsuits, inscriptions and private note-tablets. The voices speak for themselves in fresh translation, but in addition William Furley gives the narratives historical context and illuminates the literary genre in which they appear. The texts are grouped around important areas of life - love relations, travel and trade, social status, divine signs, daily events, warfare, philosophies, dress code, and private and public celebration - giving voice to the variety of lives experienced by the citizens of ancient Greece and an insight into the Greek mind.

Myths, Muses and Mortals Reviews

'An engaging book which approaches the ancient Greek world from an interesting and fresh point of view.'-Jan Haywood, Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Leicester

About William Furley

William Furley is Emeritus Professor of Greek at Heidelberg University and Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies, London. His publications include Greek Hymns (2001) and three editions of plays by Menander: Epitrepontes (2009), Perikeiromene (2015) and Misoumenos (2021).

Table of Contents

Foreword Glossary of Ancient Terms Note on Metre LOVE Epic love Comic love Passionate Love Wives and kept women Higher Spheres Down to Earth STATUS Gods Homer The Great and the Good New Men Salt of the Earth Status Symbols SAIL AND OAR For Those in Peril Gateway to Elysium SIGNS Birds and Beasts Oracles Dreams A Little Theory Pseudo-Sciences THE DAILY ROUND At Home The Agora Messaging Dinnertime Bedtime Street Crime A BETTER WORLD The Beginnings Elysian Fields Celibacy Out of the Dark Orphic Initiation WARFARE Epic Lyric: Love and War The Heroic and the not-so heroic War is the Father Lady Luck DRESS CODE Women Men CELEBRATION Myth History Private Celebration Notes on Ancient Authors and Sources References Further Reading Acknowledgments Photo Acknowledgements Index

Additional information

NGR9781789149173
9781789149173
1789149177
Myths, Muses and Mortals: The Way of Life in Ancient Greece by William Furley
New
Hardback
Reaktion Books
2024-09-09
336
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