How Long to Read Greek Mythology

How Long Does it Take to Read Greek Mythology?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Greek Mythology by Fritz Graf

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Allegorists in ancient Greece attempted to find philosophical and physical truths in myth. Plato, who resolutely excluded myths from the sphere of truth, thought that they could express ideas in a realm he could not reach with dialectical reasoning. Freud built a science around the myth of Oedipus, saying that myths were "distorted wish dreams of entire nations, the dreams of early mankind." No body of myth has served more purposes - or been subject to more analysis - than Greek mythology. This is a revised translation of Fritz Graf's highly acclaimed introduction to Greek mythology, Griechische Mythologie: Eine Einfuhrung, originally published in 1985 by Artemis Verlag. Graf offers a chronological account of the principal Greek myths that appear in the surviving literary and artistic sources, and concurrently documents the history of interpretation of Greek mythology from the seventeenth century to the present. First surveying the various definitions of myth that have been advanced, Graf proceeds to look at the relationship between Greek myths and epic poetry; the absence of an "origin of man" myth in Creek mythology; and connection between particular myths and shrines or holy festivals; the harmony in Greek literature between myth and history; the use of myth in Greek song and tragedy; and the uses and interpretations of myth by philosophers and allegorists.

How long is Greek Mythology?

Greek Mythology by Fritz Graf is 261 pages long, and a total of 65,511 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Greek Mythology Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 57 minutes to read Greek Mythology aloud.

What Reading Level is Greek Mythology?

Greek Mythology is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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