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<em>Classical Mythology in Context</em> encourages students to directly encounter and explore ancient myths and to understand them in broader interpretative contexts. <strong>Featuring a modular structure that coincides with the four main components of a classical mythology course--history, theory, comparison, </strong> <strong>and reception--each chapter (with the exception of Chapter 1) is built around one central figure or topic.</strong><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong> <em>Classical Mythology in Context</em> </strong><strong> provides: </strong><br /><br />A sustained discussion of religious practices and sacred places that offers a key approach to the historical contextualization of Greek myths<br /><br />An introduction to--and integration of--theoretical approaches to myth in each chapter that shows how these approaches affect the ways in which students understand myths and mythic figures<br /><br />Ample selections of primary sources, all from the <em>Oxford World's Clas