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- catalog abstract ""In Greek Gods, Human Lives, preeminent classicist Mary Lefkowitz reintroduces readers to the literature of ancient Greece. Lefkowitz demonstrates that the Greek myths, although endlessly entertaining, are never frivolous. These stories - as told by Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and many others - offer crucial lessons about human experience. Greek mythology makes vivid the fact that the gods control every aspect of the lives of mortals, but not in ways that modern audiences have properly understood." "We can learn much from these myths, Lefkowitz shows, 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. These myths spoke to ancient audiences and helped them to comprehend their world. With Mary Lefkowitz as an interpreter, these myths speak to us as well."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12994982.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In Greek Gods, Human Lives, preeminent classicist Mary Lefkowitz reintroduces readers to the literature of ancient Greece. Lefkowitz demonstrates that the Greek myths, although endlessly entertaining, are never frivolous. These stories - as told by Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and many others - offer crucial lessons about human experience. Greek mythology makes vivid the fact that the gods control every aspect of the lives of mortals, but not in ways that modern audiences have properly understood." "We can learn much from these myths, Lefkowitz shows, 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. These myths spoke to ancient audiences and helped them to comprehend their world. With Mary Lefkowitz as an interpreter, these myths speak to us as well."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-266) and index.".
- catalog description "Origins -- Gods among mortals -- The Gods in the Iliad --The Gods in the Odyssey -- The Gods in Drama I: Apollo and Orestes -- The Gods in Drama II: Apollo, Athena, and others -- The Gods in Hellenistic poetry -- The Gods in the Aeneid -- Changes -- Conclusion: The Gods in our lives.".
- catalog extent "xi, 288 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300101457 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0300107692 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "292.1/3 21".
- catalog subject "BL790 .L44 2003".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Greek.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Origins -- Gods among mortals -- The Gods in the Iliad --The Gods in the Odyssey -- The Gods in Drama I: Apollo and Orestes -- The Gods in Drama II: Apollo, Athena, and others -- The Gods in Hellenistic poetry -- The Gods in the Aeneid -- Changes -- Conclusion: The Gods in our lives.".
- catalog title "Greek gods, human lives : what we can learn from myths / Mary Lefkowitz.".
- catalog type "text".