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Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed.

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"Calame's faultless analysis convinces us that what for us is myth was for the Greeks nothing but the telling of 'les evenements constitutifs du passe de sa propre culture; mieux, de sa propre cite'... [T]he lucidity of his arguments and the answers he provides to many of the problems posed by Greek literary tradition cannot be denied."--Adolfo J. Dominguez, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Myth and History in Ancient Greece The Symbolic

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/07/2003
      ISBN13: 9780691114583, 978-0691114583
      ISBN10: 0691114587

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed.

      Trade Review
      "Calame's faultless analysis convinces us that what for us is myth was for the Greeks nothing but the telling of 'les evenements constitutifs du passe de sa propre culture; mieux, de sa propre cite'... [T]he lucidity of his arguments and the answers he provides to many of the problems posed by Greek literary tradition cannot be denied."--Adolfo J. Dominguez, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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