Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean |
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| Author:
| Malkin, Irad |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-41183-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1994 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $94.99 |
Book Description:
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This book discusses Greek attitudes to settlement and territory as articulated through myths and cults. It covers the spectrum from explicit charter myths legitimating conquest, displacement, and settlement, to the 'precedent-setting' and even aetiological myths, rendering new landscapes 'Greek'.
This book discusses Greek attitudes to settlement and territory as articulated through myths and cults. It covers the spectrum from explicit charter myths legitimating conquest, displacement, and settlement, to the 'precedent-setting' and even aetiological myths, rendering new landscapes 'Greek'.