CLASS 1531: Greek Myth (Spring 2025)

An unrivalled one-volume reference in the field of classics.Much more than a dictionary. Coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law,science, art, archaeology, sexuality, near eastern studies, and late antiquity.

Using a combination of archaeological data, textual analysis and ancient documents, this book provides an introduction to the Trojan War. It investigates whether or not the war actually took place, whether archaeologists have correctly identified and been excavating the ancient site of Troy, and what has been found there.

Covers the entire ancient Mediterranean world. Our board of experienced and internationally diverse editors has collected over 5,000 original entries spanning the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE. Entries extend to all Mediterranean civilizations, including the Near East and Egypt, and represent an unprecedented level of coverage of the ancient world.

Covers all facets of the distinct form of dramatic theater that flourished in ancient Greece with its apex in the 5th century BCE.

Critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond.

Covers the world and artistry of Homer, the historical and cultural background of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homeric scholarship, and Homeric reception from antiquity to the present.

Each chapter features contemporary critical insights and closes with a guide to further reading on the topic.

Provides in-depth discussions of a variety of topics and dialogues.

Original contributions from leading Platonic scholars.

16 essays by leading scholars.

Offers a comprehensive account of the ways in which ancient readers responded to Plato, as philosopher, as author, and more generally as a central figure in the intellectual heritage of Classical Greece, from his death in the fourth century BCE until the Platonist and Aristotelian commentators in the sixth century CE.

Focuses on the emerging trends and foundational theories of archaeological science, scientific concepts and techniques that have shaped the contemporary discipline of archaeology. Sponsored by the Society for Archaeological Sciences, this is an essential resource on core topics in the integration of scientific methods into archaeological practice with extensive coverage on subjects of interdisciplinary interest, describing both the latest in technological and scientific developments as well as the foundational theoretical approaches that connect archaeology to broader topics in the social sciences and humanities.

This multi-volume work provides a comprehensive and systematic coverage of archaeology and its related disciplines. It includes all time periods and regions of the world and all stages of human development.

Presents concise overviews on the subjects covered by historical archaeologists, which are cross-disciplinary and may be of interest to scholars of folklore, geography, history, anthropology, and architecture among others.

Ofers a comprehensive survey of the stories of Greek myth, from the Olympian gods, through the lesser gods and deities, to the heroes, adventures, and foundation myths of the ancient Greek world.

Sixteen original articles on aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around the world and in later years. The articles examine the forms and uses of myth in Greek oral and written literature, from the epic poetry of 8th century BC to the mythographic catalogues of the early centuries AD. They examine the relationship between myth, art, religion and politics among the ancient Greeks and its reception and influence on later society from the Middle Ages to present day literature, feminism and cinema.

A scholarly overview of the most advanced thought; covers Antiquity to the present, as well as ideas about heaven and hell in different cultures.