Isbn: 9780520037717 - structure and history in greek mythology and ritual (sather classical lectures) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Poor. Volume 47. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0520037715.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Professor Burkert here attempts to make sense of ancient myths and rituals - irrational and scandalous though they are - in terms of tradition. Reaching beyond the methods of modern structuralism (which find intricate logic in the apparently absurd), he proposes a historical perspective to illuminate basic communicative patterns developed in the primordial stage of mankind and handed down from paleolithic to Oriental and Classical civilizations, where they underlie both religious practice and literary elaborations of it. Instead of a single Classical 'origin' he finds a continuous, constantly changing tradition that has determined what is regard as human and thus may enable humanism to come.…