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I. B. Tauris. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 1850438315 . Former owner's name in pencil and blindstamp to ffep. Else very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; This study in comparative mythology interprets the Greek myths in the light of the mythologies of other Indo-European cultures - Indian, Celtic, Scandinavian, Roman, Greek, Iranian and Ossetian. The author uses a modified version of the schema proposed by the French theorist Dumezil to consider the profound connections between such works as the "Iliad", the "Odyssey", the Indian epics - the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata" - the Iranian "Book of Kings" and the Scandinavian "Yaglingasaga". The book includes a long critical exposition of the discipline of comparative mythology from its 18th-century origins to the revival of the discipline by Dumezil and his followers from 1938 to the present. It also reassesses the profound critique of Dumezil which…
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Homer and the Indo-Europeans: Comparing Mythologies Hardcover - 1994
by Baldick, Julian
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- Title Homer and the Indo-Europeans: Comparing Mythologies
- Author Baldick, Julian
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher I. B. Tauris, London
- Date 1994
- ISBN 9781850438311
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HOMER AND THE INDO-EUROPEANS Comparing Mythologies
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