A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology by Zajko, Vanda -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Introduction Part I: Mythography

1 Greek Mythography

Beginnings and Classical Mythography Post‐classical Mythography Closing Thoughts Guide to Further Reading References

2 Roman Mythography

Introduction Surviving Texts A Case Study: The Mythographic Midas From Narrative to Interpretation: Fulgentius Afterlife Guide to Further Reading References

3 Myth and the Medieval Church

Guide to Further Reading References

4 The Renaissance Mythographers

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) Ludovicus Caelius Rhodiginus (1453–1525), Alexandro ab Alexandro (1463–1525) Georgius Pictor (1500–1569) Montifalchius; Julianus Aurelius Havrech Lilio Gregorio Giraldi (1479–1552) Vincenzo Cartari (1502?–1570?) Natale Conti François Pomey (1618–1673) The Occult Tradition Conceptions of Myth in the Renaissance Mythographers Translations Guide to Further Reading References

5 Bulfinch and Graves

Guide to Further Reading References

6 Myth Collections for Children

Guide to Further Reading References

7 Contemporary Mythography

Introduction Echo Popular Culture and/as Myth Myth Only Produces More Myth This is Going to Make a Great Story Conclusion Guide to Further Reading References Primary sources Film Videogame

Part II: Approaches and Themes

8 Circean Enchantments and the Transformations of Allegory

Double Vision Corrective Lenses Prisms Scattered Beams Guide to Further Reading References

9 The Comparative Approach

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Smith, Frazer, Harrison The Aftermath of the Ritualists The Eranos Set Walter Burkert: Biological Programs and the Orientalizing Revolution Looking for Difference: Smith, Lincoln, and Doniger Guide to Further Reading References

10 Revisionism

Guide to Further Reading References

11 Alchemical Interpretations of Classical Myths

Historical Background “Poetic Theology,” “Prisca Theologia,” and Renaissance Alchemy Nineteenth‐ and Twentieth‐Century Survival of the Alchemical Readings of Classical Myths An Example of the Diversity of Alchemical Exegeses of Myths The Classical Scholarship of the Alchemists Alchemical elaborations on classical myths Responses of mythographs to the alchemical exegesis of myths Guide to Further Reading References

12 Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism

Guide to Further Reading References

13 The Golden Age

Guide to Further Reading Appendix Terminology References

14 Matriarchy and Utopia

Guide to Further Reading References

Part III: Myth, Creativity, and the Mind

15 The Half‐Blood Hero

Gods in the Modern World Re‐evaluating the Classical Tradition Mythography and Intertextuality Guide to Further Reading References

16 Myth as Case Study

Guide to Further Reading References

17 Mythical Narrative and Self‐Development

Guide to Further Reading References

18 Finding Asylum for Virginia Woolf’s Classical Visions

Guide to Further Reading References

Part IV: Iconic Figures and Texts

19 Orpheus and Eurydice

Dismembering Orpheus Remembering Eurydice Guide to Further Reading References

20 Narcissus and Echo

Echo: See Narcissus Metamorphosis of Narcissus Narcissus and Echo The Nymph Echo Tales of Love Guide to Further Reading References

21 Prometheus, Pygmalion, and Helen

Introduction: Science Fiction and (or as) Mythology Prometheus Pygmalion Helen Conclusion Guide to Further Reading References

22 Dionysus in Rome

Introduction Earliest Evidence for Dionysus in Italy Liberalia Bacchanalia Acknowledgments Guide to Further Reading References

23 Cupid and Psyche

Allegory Visual Art Translations Literary Interpretations Guide to Further Reading References

24 Constructing a Mythic City in the Book of the City of Ladies

Christine’s Many‐Layered Mythic City in the Book of the City of Ladies A New Space for Women and the Rewriting of Myth Book of the City of Ladies, Part II Book of the City of Ladies, Part III Guide to Further Reading References

25 Francis Bacon’s Wisdom of the Ancients

Guide to Further Reading References

26 Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Guide to Further Reading References

27 Ancient and Modern Re‐sounding

Two Scores for the Price of One: Differing Sources, Forms, and Prologues of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria Revamping a Classic: Towards Understanding the Reception of Homer’s Odyssey in Seventeenth‐Century Venice Reconceiving Greek Tragedy: The Florentine Camerata and the Accademia degli Incogniti Penelope’s Song and Fidelity: Monteverdi’s Ancient and Modern Music Guide to Further Reading References

28 Shelley Prometheus Unbound

Guide to Further Reading References

29 George Bernard Shaw

Guide to Further Reading References

30 Camus and the Myth of Sisyphus

Sisyphus’ Hatred of Death and Scorn for the Gods Epicurean Hatred of Death and Scorn for the Gods The Happiness of Sisyphus, Pindar, and Valéry Conclusions Guide to Further Reading References

31 Creative Strategies

The Reception of von Trier’s Medea From Settings to Fascinating Landscapes: Trier’s Depiction of Nature Always the Provocateur: From one Murderer and Two Deaths to Two Murderers and a Suicide Guide to Further Reading References

32 Regarding the Pain of Others with Marsyas

Why Marsyas? Guide to Further Reading References

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