Myth and allusion : meanings and uses of myth in ancient Greek and Roman society

Parallelsachtitel: Fenway Court 1994 : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Körperschaft: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Interdisciplinary Symposium
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Boston, Mass. : Trustees of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994.
Umfang/Format: 121 p. : ill., plan ; 25 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Forward / A. Hawley
  • Preface / H.T. Goldfarb
  • The uses of classical myth / J.J. Pollitt
  • Myth, art and life in archaic and classical Greece / Sir J. Boardman
  • The ghosts of Homer / T. Green
  • Getting to be a star : the politics of catasterism / P. Green
  • Mythic models of the Roman social order in the Cancelleria Reliefs / E. D'Ambra
  • The meaning of myth on Roman sarcophagi / D. Grassinger
  • Myths to live by : drinking in the Roman house / C. Kondoleon.