Classical Mythology: with Myths from Mespotamia
Subtitle: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Other Plays
Contributors: Stephanie Dalley (Translator)
Edition: 6 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 22, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780195218800
Subjects: Literature: Folklore/Mythology
First sentence: The impossibility of establishing a satisfactory definition of myth has not deterred scholars from developing comprehensive theories on the meaning and interpretation of myth, often to provide bases for a hypothesis about its origins.