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Author Brisson, Luc.

Uniform Title Sauver les mythes. English
Title How philosophers saved myths [electronic resource] : allegorical interpretation and classical mythology / Luc Brisson ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 206 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-199) and index.
Contents Muthos and philosophia -- Plato's attitude toward myth -- Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis -- Stoics, Epicureans, and the New Academy -- Pythagoreanism and Platonism -- The Neoplatonic Athens school -- Byzantium and the pagan myths -- The Western Middle Ages -- The Renaissance.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Mythology, Classical.
Allegory.
Philosophy -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0226075354 (alk. paper)

 
    
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