How philosophers saved myths [electronic resource] : allegorical interpretation and classical mythology / Luc Brisson ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.Description: xiv, 206 pUniform titles:
  • Sauver les mythes. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 201/.3/01 22
LOC classification:
  • BL727 .B7513 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Muthos and philosophia -- Plato's attitude toward myth -- Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis -- Stoics, Epicureans, and the New Academy -- Pythagoreanism and Platonism -- The Neoplatonic Athens school -- Byzantium and the pagan myths -- The Western Middle Ages -- The Renaissance.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-199) and index.

Muthos and philosophia -- Plato's attitude toward myth -- Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis -- Stoics, Epicureans, and the New Academy -- Pythagoreanism and Platonism -- The Neoplatonic Athens school -- Byzantium and the pagan myths -- The Western Middle Ages -- The Renaissance.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.