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Genre/Form: | Classification Criticism, interpretation, etc Fiction |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William F Hansen |
ISBN: | 0801436702 9780801436703 9780801475726 0801475724 |
OCLC Number: | 46856220 |
Awards: | Winner of Winner of the 2002 AAP Professional/Scholarly Publ. |
Description: | xv, 548 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Foreword / Gregory Nagy -- The Comparative Study of the Folktale -- The Study of Greek and Roman Folk Narratives -- Oral Narratives and Oral Narration in Classical Antiquity -- The Present Work -- The Tales -- Apprentice and Ghost Eukrates and the Automaton -- Asking the Large Fish Philoxenos the Poet -- Attentive Donkey -- Axe Falls into the Stream Hermes and the Woodcutter -- Battles of the Pygmies and the Cranes -- Best Friend, Worst Enemy Aesop and the Dog -- Boastful Deer Slayer Agamemnon -- Bride Won in a Tournament Pelops and Hippodameia -- Brother Chosen Rather Than Husband Intaphrenes' Wife -- Carrying Part of the Load Dionysos and Xanthias -- Carrying Water in a Sieve Danaides -- Catch-Tale Demades the Orator -- Children Play at Hog Killing Makareus the Priest -- Cinderella Rhodopis the Courtesan -- Cranes of Ibykos -- Dead Child's Friendly Return The Dead Ask the Living to Cease Grieving -- Death's Messengers -- Devil to Count Stars Counting Sand, Stars, Waves -- Disenchanted Husband Cupid and Psyche -- Dog on the Bridge Alexander and the Donkey Driver -- Dragging Old Man Only to Threshold -- Dragon Slayer Perseus -- Fairies Send a Message Death of Pan -- Foolish Fugitives -- Foolish Man Builds Aircastles Gripus -- Fortune in Salt Fortune in Water -- Frog King Roman Proverb -- Frozen Words -- Gifts of the Little People Pandaros and Echedoros -- Girl as Helper Jason and Medeia -- God and the Emperor of Rome Zeus and Tantalos -- Golden Ram Trojan Horse -- Great Animal or Object. |
Series Title: | Myth and poetics. |
Responsibility: | William Hansen. |
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"Hansen's volume will be an indispensable addition to the libraries of classicists working on traditional tales and myths, but the audience that will benefit from it is much wider... Pleasant surprises and interesting connections lurk on almost every page.... This is an important reference and a joy to use." -- Stephen M. Trzaskoma * Religious Studies Review * "Ariadne's Thread may prove an invaluable sourcebook not only for classicists but, perhaps more importantly, for folklorists.... Written in Hansen's clear, pleasant style, it is overall a fascinating collection that, one hopes, will encourage folklorists to learn more about the earliest extant versions of many tales and motifs and the labyrinthine paths they follow in their migrations." -- Debbie Fulton * Marvels and Tales Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies * Read more...
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- Tales -- Classification.
- Folk literature -- Classification.
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- Classical literature -- History and criticism.
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- Littérature populaire -- Classification.
- Littérature populaire -- Influence ancienne.
- Littérature populaire -- Histoire et critique.
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- Classical literature.
- Folk literature.
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- Mythen.
- Legenden.
- Volksverhalen.
- Letterkunde.
- Klassieke talen.
- Latein.
- Griechisch.
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