This volume is the first comprehensive account of Etruscan mythology; an elusive and difficult subject because no Etruscan textual narratives have survived from antiquity. In order to interpret the myths and make the Etruscans come alive for us today; Nancy Thomson de Grummond acts as an archaeological detective piecing together evidence from representations in art; from archaeological sites; and from indirect accounts of Etruscan lore in Greek and Roman texts. She starts with the purely Etruscan material; beginning with their stories of the prophets and ending with their very particular view of the underworld. She probes the relationship between myth and ritual; as well as what myth reveals of Etruscan attitudes about politics and in particular about their society; as well as statements about gender and the human body made through myth and art.Specific topics include an overview of the Etruscan geographical setting; a review of questions of origins and of general Etruscan chronology; especially as it relates to the development of myth; our written sources; with a short discussion about what is known of the Etruscan language (largely through inscriptions); and the media in art that are most useful for the study of Etruscan myth; especially engraved bronze mirrors. Annotated representations in art and of other evidence from archaeology illuminate Etruscan mythology; and an appendix essay on studying Etruscan mythology lays out the history of the study of Etruscan myth and the principal publications on the subject.Authorities and students involved with front-line research on the Etruscans; classicists who study and teach the mythology of ancient Greece and Italy; and scholars of world myth interested not only in the comparanda but also in the methodology for studying myth without the illumination of local written narrative will benefit from this book.Content of this book's CD-ROM may be found online at this location: http://core.tdar.org/project/376539.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Buy this book!By JCALYet another typical effort by Mr. Buttler which is to say superb. The bibliography does seem a little sparse. I can only assume what it lacked in breadth in made up for in depth; the overall tone of the books feels and reads like it was very highly researched. All the information is presented in the typical style of Mr. Buttler which I find very readable.One area that still remains controversial is the M.52 data versus the Bell X-1. Mr. Buttler appears to be somewhat at odds with Captain Eric Brown on that issue. I suggest if your interests run deep enough to buy this book you also buy the recent book by Captain Brown for a differing opinion:https://www..com/Miles-M-52-Gateway-Supersonic-Flight/dp/0752470140/ref=sr_1_2?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1479518922sr=1-2keywords=miles+m.52Both volumes along with the series on Miles by Peter Amos published by the Air Britain Society will fully round out any collection on this aircraft and her manufacturer.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Well Written and Worth the Price!By Zane R. NobbsAn excellent documentation of the Miles M.52 supersonic research aircraft. The book explores Britain's overall program to reach and exceed Mach 1 and how this led to the selection of the Miles Company for such an aircraft. Initiated and pursued almost to completion; the program was cancelled after learning that the Germans were also pursuing such a program; but with swept wings. As Great Britain withdrew from the program; America continued on with it's straight-winged Bell XS-1 to break the sound barrier via rocket engine. Britain would have done so with a jet engine. Later a scaled down version; unmanned; of the Miles M.52 proved that the concept was sound and Britain could have done it; but of course it was too late by then.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Nice chapter on its development and its possible affect on ...By P. McDowellEverything you could possibly want to know about this obscure experimental aircraft. Nice chapter on its development and its possible affect on the Bell X-1 project; Great photos along with Tony Butler's always enlightening text - I recommend this book for those interested in X craft as well as the early history of jet / rocket powered aircraft.
