The Early Amazons
The Early Amazons

Author: Josine Blok

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9004301437

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The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece, offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling, it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons.

The Early Amazons
The Early Amazons

Author: Josine Blok

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9004301437

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The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece, offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling, it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons.

Government and the Economy on the Amazon Frontier
Government and the Economy on the Amazon Frontier

Author: Robert R. Schneider

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780821333532

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World Bank Environment Paper No. 11.Addresses issues of local governance in frontier economies in relation to environmental and political sustainability. Covers problems of mining, farming, and disincentives.

Truth and History in the Ancient World
Truth and History in the Ancient World

Author: Lisa Hau

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-03

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 1317558049

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This collection of essays investigates histories in the ancient world and the extent to which the producers and consumers of those histories believed them to be true. Ancient Greek historiographers repeatedly stressed the importance of truth to history; yet they also purported to believe in myth, distorted facts for nationalistic or moralizing purposes, and omitted events that modern audiences might consider crucial to a truthful account of the past. Truth and History in the Ancient World explores a pluralistic concept of truth – one in which different versions of the same historical event can all be true – or different kinds of truths and modes of belief are contingent on culture. Beginning with comparisons between historiography and aspects of belief in Greek tragedy, chapters include discussions of historiography through the works of Herodotus, Xenophon, and Ktesias, as well as Hellenistic and later historiography, material culture in Vitruvius, and Lucian’s satire. Rather than investigate whether historiography incorporates elements of poetic, rhetorical, or narrative techniques to shape historical accounts, or whether cultural memory is flexible or manipulated, this volume examines pluralities of truth and belief within the ancient world – and consequences for our understanding of culture, ancient or otherwise.

A Botanist in the Amazon Valley
A Botanist in the Amazon Valley

Author: Reginald Ruggles Gates

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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The outward voyage. Para, the river the jungle. Manaos and Brazilian food. Journeying by river-boat. Terre, where bates spent five years. On the zuleide. Manaos to para. Amazon palms and other trees. Woods and timbers of the Amazon region The people.