Böcker av Carl Otfried Muller

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This pioneering work by the influential German classicist Karl Ottfried Muller (1797-1840) was one of the earliest scholarly books to address the question of the origins and meaning of the Greek myths. Published in Gottingen in 1825, it proposes a definition of 'myth' and goes on to suggest how possible sources for myths might be identified in historical events. Muller discusses how the age of particular myths might be established, either from the dates of such events, or from datable references to the myths in literary sources, and how the original substance of a myth might be distinguished from later accretions or modifications in poetry and prose. He also considers the interpretation of myths and their symbolic functions. Muller concludes with examples of how his method might be applied to particular cases, and a chapter comparing his proposals with those of other scholars.

Muller's pioneering history of the Dorians was originally published in German in 1824 and translated into English with revisions in 1830. This, the first of two volumes, describes the origins and migrations of the Dorians, their principles of government, and their religion and mythology, including the legends of Hercules.