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How Philosophers Saved Myths

- Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology

About How Philosophers Saved Myths

Describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. This study reveals how philosophers employed allegory and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226075358
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 224
  • Published:
  • November 30, 2004
  • Dimensions:
  • 160x239x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 456 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 20, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of How Philosophers Saved Myths

Describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. This study reveals how philosophers employed allegory and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical.

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