Forms of astonishment : Greek myths of metamorphosis /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Buxton, Richard
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Translations and Transliterations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • I. Narratives and Their Contexts
  • 1. The Odyssey
  • 2. Athenian Drama
  • 3. Visual Arts
  • 4. Hellenistic Transformations
  • 5. Post-Hellenistic Narratives
  • II. The Logic of Transformation
  • 6. Shapes of the Gods
  • 7. The Human Aetiology of Landscape
  • 8. Plants, Trees, and Human Form
  • 9. Challenges to the Metamorphic Tradition
  • 10. Final Thoughts on Contexts
  • Bibliography
  • Index