Myth Into Art: Poet and Painter in Classical Greece / Edition 1

by H. A. Shapiro

Overview

Myth into Art is a comparative study of mythological narrative in Greek poetry and the visual arts. Thirty of the major myths are surveyed, focusing on Homer, lyric poetry and Attic tragedy. On the artistic side, the emphasis is on Athenian and South Italian vases. The book offers undergraduate students an introduction both to mythology and to the use of visual sources in the study of Greek myth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415067935
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/21/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

H.A.Shapiro is Professor of Classics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION The world of Greek myth, The place of the poet, The place of the artist, Poet and painter: Narrative strategies 2 EPIC Homer’s Iliad: The Trojan War, Homer’s Odyssey: The wanderings and homecoming of Odysseus, Hesiod: The creation of Pandora 3 LYRIC Stesichoros: Herakles and Geryon, Pindar’s victory odes, Bacchylides: Dithyrambs, 4 DRAMA Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides

Editorial Reviews

'Shapiro extends to students and their lecturers an extremely compelling invitation to study Greek myth as it should be studied, holistically through the visual as well as the textual documentation.' - Scholia Reviews

'Shapiro extends to students and their lecturers an extremely compelling invitation to study Greek myth as it should be studied, holistically through the visual as well as the textual documentation.' – Scholia Reviews

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