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| Landscapes of the Greek
Myths by Allan Brooks ISBN 978-0-9575846-1-7 The ancient
Greeks' conception of their world,
their gods and their very origin is expressed in the
tales we now call the Greek Myths.
The stories of the myths were
rooted in a real world, a compact
physical environment of
inhospitable, rugged mountains
separating
small agricultural plains
that occupy what is now
southern and central Greece.
This book is a topographical
guide to that world. Its
purpose is to relate the
myths in their original
settings: either the
location in which the
principal events were
thought to have occurred, or
the places in which they
were celebrated. With such a
huge range of material
available any book exploring
the Myths must be selective.
In this work selection is
achieved by following a
journey through the
landscape of mainland Greece
in a logical progression
from sanctuary to sanctuary
with emphasis placed on more
isolated and remote
locations. This approach
brings the myths and their
settings together in a
format designed for the
independent traveller.
272p, 57 b/w illus., 22 maps and plans View extract and table of contents |
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