Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece

Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780292722750
ISBN-13 : 0292722753
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Book Synopsis Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece by : Lee E. Patterson

Download or read book Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece written by Lee E. Patterson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study enriches the dialogue on how societies often use myth to construct political, social, and cultural identity---hardly unique to the ancient Greeks, it is rather a human phenomenon for a culture to embrace an identity grounded in a putative ancestry that is expressed in the traditional stories of that culture. --Book Jacket.


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