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Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Paul Veyne
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-06-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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An examination of Greek mythology and a discussion about how religion and truth have evolved throughout time.
Foucault
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Paul Veyne
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-23 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian. Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts at categorization. Two timele
Explaining Religion
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: James Samuel Preus
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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J. Samuel Preus traces the development and articulation of a modern "naturalistic" approach to the study of religion by examining ideas about the origin of reli
Rationalizing Myth in Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 295
Authors: Greta Hawes
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Based on the author's dissertation--University of Bristol, Jan. 2011.
Palmyra
Language: en
Pages: 111
Authors: Paul Veyne
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-05 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Located northeast of Damascus, in an oasis surrounded by palms and two mountain ranges, the ancient city of Palmyra has the aura of myth. According to the Bible