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description: Ancient myths about watery chaos uniquely transcend time and culture to speak to the universal human condition as expression to the hopes, aspirations and fears that have defined-for ancient thinkers as well as modern scientists-what it means to be human in a chaotic world. The Hero and the Sea examines the mythological pattern of heroic battles with watery chaos in the Gilgamesh Epic, the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Old Testament, in the light of anthropology, comparative religion, literature, mythology, psychology, and modern chaos theory; how mythic patterns of heroic battle with chaotic adversaries respond to the cultural needs, religious concerns, and worldview of their audience. The last chapter explores points of contact between the ancient mythic patterns and the discoveries of modern scholars engaged in the theoretical study of chaos and chaotics. Special Features -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six Chapter I - Mythic PatternsChapter II - Gilgamesh and the Heroic Confrontation with DeathChapter III - Achilles and the ScamanderChapter IV - Odysseus and PoseidonChapter V - Old Testament Creation, Flood, ExodusChapter VI - Chaos and the Modern ViewNotesBibliographyIndex Also Vergil's Hero War Humanity - ISBN 0865165963Classical Mythology &amp; A Reader Workbook - ISBN 0865165734 For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology , Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar . We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in Selections From The AeneidLatin Grammar &amp; PronunciationGreek Grammar &amp; PronunciationTexts Supporting Wheelock's LatinClassical author Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, CiceroVocabulary Cards For AP Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, HoraceGreek MythologyGreek LexiconSlovak Culture And History
language: English
title: The Hero and the Sea: Patterns of Chaos in Ancient Myth
titlecomplete: The Hero and the Sea: Patterns of Chaos in Ancient Myth (Student Notebooks)
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