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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      April 2012
      December 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511711466
      9781108016681
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511711466
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.58kg, 456 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General)
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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    This pioneering work by the influential German classicist Karl Ottfried Müller (1797–1840) was one of the earliest scholarly books to address the question of the origins and meaning of the Greek myths. Published in Göttingen in 1825, it proposes a definition of 'myth' and goes on to suggest how possible sources for myths might be identified in historical events. Müller discusses how the age of particular myths might be established, either from the dates of such events, or from datable references to the myths in literary sources, and how the original substance of a myth might be distinguished from later accretions or modifications in poetry and prose. He also considers the interpretation of myths and their symbolic functions. Müller concludes with examples of how his method might be applied to particular cases, and a chapter comparing his proposals with those of other scholars.

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