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WE OWE THE WORD myth, like many others in common use today, to the ancient
Greeks. No modern language has a substitute, and there can be no better way of
understanding what mythology is about than by taking a look at the original ...
WE OWE THE WORD myth, like many others in common use today, to the ancient
Greeks. No modern language has a substitute, and there can be no better way of
understanding what mythology is about than by taking a look at the original ...
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Sophocles's play Oedipus at Colonus can indeed be said to draw together the
deepest feelings of the ancient Greeks about crime, punishment and fate in the
final release of the blind Theban ex-king. In the fourth century BC, Euhemerus, ...
Sophocles's play Oedipus at Colonus can indeed be said to draw together the
deepest feelings of the ancient Greeks about crime, punishment and fate in the
final release of the blind Theban ex-king. In the fourth century BC, Euhemerus, ...
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Another Egyptian deity, the ram- horned god Anion, became Amnion in Greek
mythology and in Rome became incorporated into the imperial cult. He was a
protector of the Roman armies and his image appears on breastplates and
medallions ...
Another Egyptian deity, the ram- horned god Anion, became Amnion in Greek
mythology and in Rome became incorporated into the imperial cult. He was a
protector of the Roman armies and his image appears on breastplates and
medallions ...
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Contents
Introduction | 5 |
India and Australia 229 | 141 |
Greece and Rome 51 Tibet and Africa | 161 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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