Cyclops : the myth and its cultural history / Mercedes Aguirre and Richard Buxton.
2020
BL820.C83
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Title
Cyclops : the myth and its cultural history / Mercedes Aguirre and Richard Buxton.
ISBN
9780191885365 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (456 pages).
Call Number
BL820.C83
Dewey Decimal Classification
398.21
Summary
This book provides an innovative, authoritative, and richly illustrated study of the myths relating to the Cyclopes from classical antiquity until the present day. It is the first such book-length study of the topic in any language. The overall aim of the authors is to explore, not just the perennial appeal of the Cyclopes as fearsome monsters, but the depth and subtlety of their mythology, which raises complex issues of thought and emotion. All too often, a Cyclops is assumed to be nothing more than a gruesome one-eyed monster. This book seeks to demonstrate that there is far more to it than that-quite apart from the fact that Cyclopes are by no means always one-eyed!
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This book provides an innovative, authoritative, and richly illustrated study of the myths relating to the Cyclopes from classical antiquity until the present day. It is the first such book-length study of the topic in any language. The overall aim of the authors is to explore, not just the perennial appeal of the Cyclopes as fearsome monsters, but the depth and subtlety of their mythology, which raises complex issues of thought and emotion. All too often, a Cyclops is assumed to be nothing more than a gruesome one-eyed monster. This book seeks to demonstrate that there is far more to it than that-quite apart from the fact that Cyclopes are by no means always one-eyed!
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2020).
Added Author
Buxton, R. G. A., author.
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198713777
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