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Words and phrases are cited alphabetically, and extensively cross-referenced and indexed for reader who know the gist but not the first word, that are widely used and drawn from the Bible; from Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology; and somewhat from Egyptian and Celtic sources. All the sources predate AD 1000. The articles not only identify the source, but explain the context and provide an example of its modern use. A companion covers cultural and historical...
2) Classical myths and legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: a dictionary of allegorical meanings
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From Achilles to Zephyr, this dictionary's entries are concerned with the allegorical traditions of Medieval and Renaissance Christians related to the gods, goddesses, heros, heroines, and places of classical myth. The material is culled from English, Latin, Greek, Italian, French, Dutch, German, and Spanish sources from the early Middle Ages to Milton. Readers are guided as to which traditions were current at what time, so someone reading Shakespeare,...
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