How philosophers saved myths : allegorical interpretation and classical mythology / Luc Brisson ; translated by Catherine Tihanyi.
| Author/creator | Brisson, Luc |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. |
| Description | xiv, 206 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Sauver les mythes. English |
| Contents | Muthos and philosophia -- Plato's attitude toward myth -- Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis -- Stoics, Epicureans, and the New Academy -- Pythagoreanism and Platonism -- The Neoplatonic Athens school -- Byzantium and the pagan myths -- The Western Middle Ages -- The Renaissance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-199) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004006948 |
| ISBN | 0226075354 (alk. paper) |