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The son of Zeus, Perseus belongs in the first rank of Greek heroes. Indeed to some he was a greater hero even than Heracles. With the help of Hermes and Athena he slew the Gorgon Medusa, conquered a mighty sea monster and won the hand of the beautiful princess Andromeda. This volume tells of his enduring myth, it's rendering in art and literature, and its reception through the Roman period and up to the modern day.
This is the first scholarly book in English devoted to Perseus' myth in its entirety for over a century. With information drawn from a diverse range of sources as well as varied illustrations, the volume illuminates the importance of the Perseus myth throughout the ages.
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Format:Paperback
Daniel Ogden presents many interesting aspects of the myth about Perseus and all the different
mytographers variants on the myth. Ogden provides his readers with an excellent service and I
very much like his tone and openness as for interpretating the myth. I have found many interesting
answers in Ogden's book, but actually his work opens many more interesting questions. He has laid
his hands on almost any piece of work about Perseus and I have become a great fan of both Perseus
and Ogden who provides his readers with great information and theories. Also Ogden's way of writing
is very likeable. He is a scholar, but a scholar who can write, so that one can understand what is
going on.
mytographers variants on the myth. Ogden provides his readers with an excellent service and I
very much like his tone and openness as for interpretating the myth. I have found many interesting
answers in Ogden's book, but actually his work opens many more interesting questions. He has laid
his hands on almost any piece of work about Perseus and I have become a great fan of both Perseus
and Ogden who provides his readers with great information and theories. Also Ogden's way of writing
is very likeable. He is a scholar, but a scholar who can write, so that one can understand what is
going on.
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PICTURES NEEDED Dense, information-packed review of the literature on Perseus
7 Oct 2011
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I think this small, tightly-written book was one of my favorite reading adventures in the past few years. For one thing, I haven't read many of the original texts cited ever before. Much of the Perseus myth is fragmented into passing references in works describing other, now lost works of the Ancient Greeks. I also greatly enjoyed how the text approached the myth as a series of episodes and then historically analyzed how that portion of the Perseus myth had "evolved" (if that's the right word --"Coalesced"?) over time.
The author has an almost historiographic approach to laying out the development of the myth that I enjoyed.
But one major lack was illustrations and maps. The lack of a good map was the most frustrating. I found myself running to my atlas or wikipedia more than a few times for maps. Also a stratigraphic map would have helped in many spots to let someone imagine the rocky terrain of the Peloponnese and the contrast between Argos, Arcadia, and "Aethiopia" (wherever that might have really been).
Even more sad was that several excellent images of Perseus are included in dim black-and-white sketches or photos. Many, many more images of Perseus are referred to in the text and footnotes but never seen. To make matters worse, those images are available, apparently, only in specialist literature that a non-academic like myself can probably never access. There are several public domain images of Perseus on the Internet so perhaps the publisher thought it not worth the expense? And there at least, frustration didn't last long. Why?
I have a guilty secret:
I spent a good three hours on this site-- [...] -- right after reading Prof. Ogden's book. He made me so interested in the subject matter, I actually read MORE.
So maybe there was a *method* to Prof. Ogden's understatement, eh?
It too bad the publisher's budget wouldn't stretch to a brighter approach for this book. Maybe for a future edition (hint hint. . .)?
The author has an almost historiographic approach to laying out the development of the myth that I enjoyed.
But one major lack was illustrations and maps. The lack of a good map was the most frustrating. I found myself running to my atlas or wikipedia more than a few times for maps. Also a stratigraphic map would have helped in many spots to let someone imagine the rocky terrain of the Peloponnese and the contrast between Argos, Arcadia, and "Aethiopia" (wherever that might have really been).
Even more sad was that several excellent images of Perseus are included in dim black-and-white sketches or photos. Many, many more images of Perseus are referred to in the text and footnotes but never seen. To make matters worse, those images are available, apparently, only in specialist literature that a non-academic like myself can probably never access. There are several public domain images of Perseus on the Internet so perhaps the publisher thought it not worth the expense? And there at least, frustration didn't last long. Why?
I have a guilty secret:
I spent a good three hours on this site-- [...] -- right after reading Prof. Ogden's book. He made me so interested in the subject matter, I actually read MORE.
So maybe there was a *method* to Prof. Ogden's understatement, eh?
It too bad the publisher's budget wouldn't stretch to a brighter approach for this book. Maybe for a future edition (hint hint. . .)?
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