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Through these accessible and engaging studies of The Iliad, The Odyssey and other ancient works, Lefkowitz demonstrates how myths helped the Greeks "understand...the limitations of the human condition"-and the limitations of the gods themselves. A professor of classics at Wellesley College, Lefkowitz never loses sight of the fact that myths are about religious experience, not about the foibles of ordinary characters. However, she recognizes that myths can still speak to modern readers the way they did to ancient ones. Their combination of fantasy and realism, she says, conveys the unpredictability of life, its fragility, and the need for humans to depend upon one another because they cannot depend on the gods. Humane and deeply sympathetic, this text makes a good choice for readers who enjoyed Thomas Cahill's Sailing the Wine Dark Sea. 53 b&w illus., 2 maps.
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Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books
A great success... Acute and fascinating.
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Through these accessible and engaging studies of The Iliad, The Odyssey and other ancient works, Lefkowitz demonstrates how myths helped the Greeks "understand...the limitations of the human condition"-and the limitations of the gods themselves. A professor of classics at Wellesley College, Lefkowitz never loses sight of the fact that myths are about religious experience, not about the foibles of ordinary characters. However, she recognizes that myths can still speak to modern readers the way they did to ancient ones. Their combination of fantasy and realism, she says, conveys the unpredictability of life, its fragility, and the need for humans to depend upon one another because they cannot depend on the gods. Humane and deeply sympathetic, this text makes a good choice for readers who enjoyed Thomas Cahill's Sailing the Wine Dark Sea. 53 b&w illus., 2 maps.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books
A great success... Acute and fascinating.
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