Books
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Plato the myth maker | Luc Brisson | The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but few know that Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. He also used muthos to describe the practice of making and tel… | OL1699535W |
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How Philosophers Saved Myths | Luc Brisson | This study explains how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. Luc Brisson argues that philosophy was ironically responsible for saving myth from historical … | OL1699539W |