{"product_id":"greek-mythology-and-poetics-gregory-nagy-9780801480485","title":"Greek Mythology and Poetics: The Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Renaissance Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eGregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the forces of interaction and change that transformed the Indo-European linguistic and cultural heritage into distinctly Greek social institutions between the eighth and the fifth centuries B.C. Included in the volume are thirteen of Nagy's major essays--all extensively revised for book publication--on various aspects of the Hellenization of Indo-European poetics, myth and ritual, and social ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe primary aim of this book is to examine the Greek language as a reflection of society, with special attention to its function as a vehicle for transmitting mythology and poetics. Nagy's emphasis on the language of the Greeks, and on its comparison with the testimony of related Indo-European languages such as Latin, Indic, and Hittite, reflects his long-standing interest in Indo-European linguistics. The individual chapters examine the development of Hellenic poetics in the traditions of Homer and Hesiod; the Hellenization of Indo-European myths and rituals, including myths of the afterlife, rituals of fire, and symbols in the Greek lyric; and the Hellenization of Indo-European social ideology, with reference to such cultural institutions as the concept of the city-state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA path-breaking application of the principles of social anthropology, comparative mythology, historical linguistics, and oral poetry theory to the study of classics, \u003ci\u003eGreek Mythology and Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e will be an invaluable resource for classicists and other scholars of linguistics and literary theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Nagy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801480485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801480485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.10w x 0.93d","brand":"Gregory Nagy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086870294783,"sku":"9780801480485","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4d339a5-f9e7-4e90-a253-c6119f5280a6.jpg?v=1769097057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/greek-mythology-and-poetics-gregory-nagy-9780801480485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}