A book of myths vs Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean: Which Should You Read?

A book of myths Jeanie Lang · 1915 ★★★★☆ 3.7 286 pages · ≈ 5 h 18 m · Challenging

Just as a little child holds out its hands to catch the sunbeams, to feel and to grasp what, so its eyes tell it, is actually there, so, down through the ages, men have stretched out their hands in eager endeavour to…

Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean Irad Malkin · 1994 287 pages · ≈ 5 h 19 m · Moderate

“The founding of Sparta, Pindar's 'colony of the Dorians', and especially the legitimation of its presence in the Peloponnese are topics rich in mythological articulations.”

Greek mythology and cult often served both as expressions of collective, historical identity and of attitudes to lands and territories. Functioning historically, myths provided justifications and legitimations of…