Myths of the Greeks: The Origins of Mythology in the Works of Edith Hamilton and Robert Graves

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dc.contributor.authorMurnaghan, Sheila
dc.contributor.authorMurnaghan, Sheila
dc.date2023-05-17T16:29:27.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T13:03:00Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T13:03:00Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.date.submitted2017-01-27T11:08:29-08:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper concerns two popular myth collections that date from the mid-twentieth century: Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, first published in 1940, and Robert Graves’ The Greek Myths, first published in 1955. The dates of these collections mean that they are close enough to us that they are still considered current: both are still widely read, and are both are still in print, in an interesting variety of editions. But they are also far enough away from us that we can identify with some precision the ways in which they are shaped by the preoccupations of their period. In particular, both now reveal themselves as over-reactions, although in opposite directions, to the early twentieth century rediscovery of classical culture, especially Greek culture, as primitive, as comparable to the traditional cultures studied by anthropologists.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/8036
dc.legacy.articleid1160
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1160&context=classics_papers&unstamped=1
dc.rights<p>Posted with permission from <a href="http://www.xu.edu.ph/xu-press">Xavier University Press</a>.</p>
dc.source.beginpage81
dc.source.endpage89
dc.source.issue155
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dc.source.journalDepartmental Papers (Classical Studies)
dc.source.journaltitleClassical Bulletin
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume84
dc.subject.otherArts and Humanities
dc.subject.otherClassics
dc.titleMyths of the Greeks: The Origins of Mythology in the Works of Edith Hamilton and Robert Graves
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