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How philosophers saved myths allegorical interpretation and classical mythology

Title
How philosophers saved myths [electronic resource] : allegorical interpretation and classical mythology / Luc Brisson ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.
Author
Brisson, Luc.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 206 p.)
Uniform Title
Sauver les mythes. English (Online)
Alternative Title
Sauver les mythes.
Subject
  • Mythology, Classical
  • Allegory
  • Philosophy > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-199) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Muthos and philosophia -- Plato's attitude toward myth -- Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis -- Stoics, Epicureans, and the New Academy -- Pythagoreanism and Platonism -- The Neoplatonic Athens school -- Byzantium and the pagan myths -- The Western Middle Ages -- The Renaissance.
LCCN
2004006948
OCLC
ssj0000173541
Author
Brisson, Luc.
Title
How philosophers saved myths [electronic resource] : allegorical interpretation and classical mythology / Luc Brisson ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-199) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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