Greek Gods, Human Lives
What We Can Learn from Myths
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9485993M
- ISBN-139780300107692
- ISBN-100300107692
- OCLC Control Number52312620
- OCLC Control Numbergreekgodshumanli0000lefk_h6g8
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003010659
- LibraryThing57794
- Goodreads300144
- WikidataQ124959770
Classifications
- LCCBL790.L44 2005
Description
"In Greek Gods, Human Lives, preeminent classicist Mary Lefkowitz reintroduces readers to the literature of ancient Greece. Lefkowitz demonstrates that the Greek myths, although endlessly entertaining, are never frivolous. These stories - as told by Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and many others - offer crucial lessons about human experience. Greek mythology makes vivid the fact that the gods control every aspect of the lives of mortals, but not in ways that modern audiences have properly understood." "We can learn much from these myths, Lefkowitz shows, if we understand that they are stories about religious experience - about the meaning of divinity, the nature of justice, and the limitations of human knowledge. These myths spoke to ancient audiences and helped them to comprehend their world. With Mary Lefkowitz as an interpreter, these myths speak to us as well."--Jacket.
First Sentence
The ancient Greeks did not have a sacred text like the Bible.
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