Pausanias in the world of Greek myth
Mythology, Greek
Oxford University Press
2021
First edition.
EISBN 9780192568687
Cover.
Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth.
Copyright.
Dedication.
Acknowledgements.
Contents.
List of Illustrations.
Introduction: With Pausanias as Guide.
The de facto mythographer.
The investigative storyteller.
What lies ahead.
1: Sightseeing.
A world in words.
Sightseeing in Thebes.
Tracking Heracles.
Reading, thinking, seeing, and doing.
2: Taking Bearings.
Mythographic topographies.
Webs of references.
Grave markers.
The fate of Hyrnetho.
3: Encounters.
Replicas.
Relics.
Residues.
Ruins.
4: Localisms.
The local-and locals.
Thebes, city of quotations.
Corinth, city of immigrants.
Mycenae, city of the dead.
Messenia, land of opportunity.
Collectivism.
Conclusion: Pausanias the Companion.
Where have we ended up?.
Appendix 1: Catalogue of Cross-References Relating to Mythical Material.
Appendix 2: Catalogue of Ruined Cities.
References.
Index Locorum.
General Index.
The author uses Pausanias's Periegesis to illuminate the spatial dynamics of Greek myth, showing how apparently conflicting local versions belonged to a unifying cultural expression.
Pausanias in the World of Greek Myth.
Copyright.
Dedication.
Acknowledgements.
Contents.
List of Illustrations.
Introduction: With Pausanias as Guide.
The de facto mythographer.
The investigative storyteller.
What lies ahead.
1: Sightseeing.
A world in words.
Sightseeing in Thebes.
Tracking Heracles.
Reading, thinking, seeing, and doing.
2: Taking Bearings.
Mythographic topographies.
Webs of references.
Grave markers.
The fate of Hyrnetho.
3: Encounters.
Replicas.
Relics.
Residues.
Ruins.
4: Localisms.
The local-and locals.
Thebes, city of quotations.
Corinth, city of immigrants.
Mycenae, city of the dead.
Messenia, land of opportunity.
Collectivism.
Conclusion: Pausanias the Companion.
Where have we ended up?.
Appendix 1: Catalogue of Cross-References Relating to Mythical Material.
Appendix 2: Catalogue of Ruined Cities.
References.
Index Locorum.
General Index.
The author uses Pausanias's Periegesis to illuminate the spatial dynamics of Greek myth, showing how apparently conflicting local versions belonged to a unifying cultural expression.
