The 'Myth of the Races' in Classical Antiquity
by
Helen Van Noorden
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
This book offers a new description of the significance of Hesiod's 'myth of the races' for ancient Greek and Roman authors, showing how the most detailed responses to this story go far beyond nostalgia for a lost 'Golden' age or hope of its return. Through a series of close readings, it argues that...