Approaches to Greek Myth

“A handy introduction to some of the more useful methodological approaches to and the previous scholarship on the subject of Greek myths.” — Phoenix Since the first edition of  Approaches to Greek Myth  was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of “myth” in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a performance? Can myth be separated from its context? What did myths mean to ancient Greeks