Greek mythography in the Roman world /
By the Roman age the traditional stories of Greek myth had long since ceased to reflect popular culture. Mythology had become instead a central element in elite culture. If one did not know the stories one would not understand most of the allusions in the poets and orators, classics and contemporari...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. |
Series: | American classical studies ;
no. 48. |
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