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It is often said that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does this assertion mean? Is it true? Were the Greeks special in having evolved our sort of reason, or is that a mirage? In this book, some of the world's leading experts on ancient Greek myth, religion, philosophy, and history reconsider these fundamental issues.
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Richard Buxton is at University of Bristol.
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`Buxton has assembled an impressive cast of scholars.'
Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal
`both essays on Herodotus give us a writer who is completely in control of his material and his methods, and knows exactly what he is doing.'
Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal
`the editor expresses the hope that the book will be useful to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines, not just philosophers and classicists. I have no doubt that this expectation will be fulfilled.'
Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal
`This collection of papers ... provides useful insights on a wide range of issues and authors and serves generally to provoke thought concerning the interaction between myth and reason.'
Malcolm Wilson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
`This is not a volume... that is short either colour or variety... high level of technical competence shown throughout.'
Paul Cartledge, The Anglo-Hellenic Review
Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal
`both essays on Herodotus give us a writer who is completely in control of his material and his methods, and knows exactly what he is doing.'
Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal
`the editor expresses the hope that the book will be useful to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines, not just philosophers and classicists. I have no doubt that this expectation will be fulfilled.'
Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal
`This collection of papers ... provides useful insights on a wide range of issues and authors and serves generally to provoke thought concerning the interaction between myth and reason.'
Malcolm Wilson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
`This is not a volume... that is short either colour or variety... high level of technical competence shown throughout.'
Paul Cartledge, The Anglo-Hellenic Review
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0198152345
- ISBN 13 9780198152347
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
- EditorBuxton Richard
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