Athenian myths and institutions : words in action / Wm. Blake Tyrrell, Frieda S. Brown.
Tyrrell, William Blake.; Brown, Frieda S.
1991
BL793.A76 T97 1991 (Mapit)
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Title Athenian myths and institutions : words in action / Wm. Blake Tyrrell, Frieda S. Brown.
Author Tyrrell, William Blake.
ISBN 9780195067194 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195067193 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780195067187 (alk. paper)
0195067185 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Language English
Description vii, 229 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number BL793.A76 T97 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification 292.1/3
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
Added Author Brown, Frieda S.
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Patriarchal mythmaking on marriage
Myths and citizenship
Theseus and the Parthenon as mythic propaganda
Funeral orations in mythmaking Athens.

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