Greek Gods, Human Lives by Mary R Lefkowitz
Classicist Mary Lefkowitz reintroduces readers to the literature of ancient Greece. She shows that we can learn much from these myths, if we understand that they are stories about religious experience - about the meaning of divinity, the nature of justice, and the limitations of human knowledge.
"This thoughtful and illuminating book deals with a very important set of topics in Greek literature and thought: what is the real role of the Gods? How important are they, and how seriously are they meant to be taken? And is it all, in some sense, true?" Jasper Griffin, Oxford University
Mary Lefkowitz is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Department of Classical Studies, Wellesley College. She has taught a highly popular introductory Greek mythology course for more than twenty-five years and has written extensively on ancient history and mythology. Among her books is Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History, which led to appearances on national radio talk shows and on 60 Minutes as well as to interviews in the Boston Globe and the Washington Post.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300101454 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300101457 |
| Title | Greek Gods, Human Lives |
| Author | Mary R Lefkowitz |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2003-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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